Sudhamsu Manne

“Do we want a sane, orderly system of units, or an incomprehensible patchwork of incompatible and contradictory local definitions? I vote for the second one; it sounds more entertaining.”
― Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

“Next to the true beauty and magic of the real world, supernatural spells and stage tricks seem cheap and tawdry by comparison. The magic of reality is neither supernatural nor a trick, but – quite simply – wonderful. Wonderful, and real. Wonderful because real.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Magic of Reality

“Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good, you can expect little help from biological nature.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban