Maren

“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

“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

“Tracy Chapman puts me through a moral Simpactor, breaking me into tiny pieces of uniform diameter so that I can absorb my own inadequacy.”
― Nicholson Baker, The Paul Chowder Chronicles: The Anthologist / Traveling Sprinkler

“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