Maren

“In this box are all the words I know,' he said. 'Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made from these words. With them, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

“This connection between knowledge, art and poetry, between science and emotions--the 'deeply-seated bond', as Humboldt called it--is more important than ever before. Humboldt was driven by a sense of wonder for the natural world--a sense of wonder that might help us today realise that we will protect only what we love.”
― Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

“Haeckel illustrated his zoological work with his own drawings of perfect scientific accuracy but also of remarkable beauty. It helped that he could look with one eye into his microscope while the other focused on his drawing board--a talent so unusual that his former professors said they had never seen someone capable of it.”
― Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

“My own opinion is, that however this one-sided horn may really be used by the Narwhal—however that may be—it would certainly be very convenient to him for a folder in reading pamphlets.”
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick