Conclusion Quote by Richard Leakey

“Lucy Ashton, in short, was involved in those mazes of the imagination which are most dangerous to the young and the sensitive. Time, it…

— Sir Walter Scott

“He suggested devils, skulls, harsh masculine drawings. This thing was…heart poundingly good. She wanted to pluck it, and bury her face in it, and…

— Charlotte Stein

And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of…

— Anonymous

“They were made by Miss Lucy!”

— Bram Stoker

When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once that it was the…

— Charles Lyell

How came the bodies of animals to be contrived with so much art, and for what ends were their several parts? Was the eye…

— Isaac Newton

Paris, on the other hand, looked exactly as it was supposed to look. It wore its heart on its sleeve, and the strange thing…

— Adam Gopnik

“Lucy's eyes began to grow accustomed to the light, and she saw the trees that were nearest her more distinctly. A great longing for…

— C.S. Lewis

When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this…

— Donald Johanson

“Her father...was all front to back in his transparency: what you saw was what there was, there was nothing clandestine in his character, and…

— Marianne Wiggins

“She found a small picture made entirely of feathers and was trying to decide whether it depicted a monkey climbing up the back of…

— Eloisa James

He put his hand on his forehead and scoured the French department of his memory for a word. He knew it was in there.…

— Colin Cotterill