“Everyone thinks I named my cat Mango because of his orange eyes, but that's not the case. I named him Mango because the sounds of his purrs and his wheezes and his meows are all various shades of yellow-orange.” ThinkingEyeSoundCasesCatVariousShadeYellowOrange Author:Wendy Mass
“So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.” PeopleTryingEyeSchoolStrongWishTalkingWonderTeacherSkyFiguresRight NowThousandShiningCrowdsCertaintyGiantsAlrightCafeteriaShining DownSchool CafeteriaTreehouses Author:Wendy Mass
“My eyes are bright, my hair has come loose from its ribbon, and Stella's scarf is waving around my neck. But that's not what I see when I look at the picture. I see three unlikely friends holding hands. And Ryan, Kenny, and Melanie are standing behind us, rapt. And in the sky above us, I see a miracle.” LooksHandsEyeThreeBehindsSkyHairStandingMiracleNecksUnlikelyRibbonsHolding HandsScarvesStellaKenny Author:Wendy Mass
“Everything we think we know is really only perceived by our senses,' he explains patiently. 'The sounds we hear are just waves in the air; colors are electromagnetic radiation; your sense of taste comes from molecules that match a specific area on your tongue. Hey, if our eyes could access the infrared part of the light spectrum, the sky would be green and trees would be red. Some animals see in completely different ways, so who knows what colors look like to them. Nothing is really how we perceive it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayLooksDifferentLightWould BeEyeSoundAnimalAirTreeSkyColorTasteRedAreasGreenWaveTongueAccessSensesHeyPerceiveDifferent WaysRadiationSpectrumMoleculesInfrared Book:Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life Source: Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life