"Science burrows its insulted head in the filth……" — Winston Churchill

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• If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their… — Charles Darwin
• My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within, but then he rose, brilliant as the moon in… — Fiona Apple
• One of the best things I’ve read about that inexplicably, but endlessly, fascinating group of people, the so-called Serious Collectors… — John Jeremiah Sullivan
• Millar Burrows of Yale observes: 'Archeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics. It has shown in… — Millar Burrows
• Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit… — Alain de Botton
• The child is born speaking the languages of birds; the child has horns and scales and wings; it has a… — Rikki Ducornet
• The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border… — Henry David Thoreau
• It's hard to tell / if we close our eyes or if night / opens in us other starred eyes,… — Pablo Neruda
• A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. — Erica Jong
• ...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love… — Isabel Allende
• A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path.… — Jane Smiley
• All the beasts in Howling Forest were safe in their caves, nests, and burrows. — Michael Ende

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