Brave new world Quote by Henry David Thoreau

We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important…

— Henry David Thoreau

For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should) preserve every…

— James Gleick

“The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“They were walking along a roadway of great slabs of stone set down one after another, the beginning and end of which they could…

— Nancy Clark

“Escape Hatches - A Brief Consideration... North America. Pros: charming accent might attract general goodwill, free drinks. Cons: am frightened by the concept of…

— Belle de Jour

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is…

— Albert Einstein

After a day and a half or so the traveler will realize that crossing the continent by Interstate he gets to know the country…

— Wallace Stegner

“You’re American, yes?” Daniela said. “Yes.” “New York?” “Oregon.” “Dónde?” Where? “It’s a state on the West Coast.” “Near Los Angeles?” Brigitte asked. “North…

— Lisa Cach

We're constantly looking for ways to reach people in Maine to talk to them, reassure them and share resources and ideas.

— Sara Gideon

“The whole state of Maine is unlocked.”

— Jonathan Lethem

“Texas is undeniable...We were already almost out of America and yet definitely in it and in the middle of where it's maddest.”

— Jack Kerouac