“I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.” StuffRecordsReally HappyBasementsCourthouses Author:Sharon Cameron
“When I was 16 years old, I assembled a 2.3 million electron volt beta particle accelerator. I went to Westinghouse, I got 400 pounds of translator steel, 22 miles of copper wire, and I assembled a 6-kilowatt, 2.3 million electron accelerator in the garage.” YearsMillionsMilesPoundsSteelWireParticlesGarageElectronsTranslatorsCopperBetaVolt Author:Michio Kaku
“I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the past but what's the same, and what links us to the past.” ThinkingDifferentPastLinks Author:Sharon Cameron
“It occurred to me at some point that what really links us to the past is memory, and there's so much we've forgotten.” PastMemoriesForgottenLinks Author:Sharon Cameron
“When I was thinking about all the things that the world had forgotten, it made me think about people who have actually really forgotten everything, and how much of our identity is wrapped up in those memories, and how much of our experience makes us who we are, and remembering those experiences makes us who we are.” PeopleThinkingWorldMadeRememberMemoriesIdentityForgottenWho We Are Author:Sharon Cameron
“I would not want to forget the first time I read The Lord of the Rings. I would never want to forget that! That was so magical to me, and that was a real eye-opening experience. I was probably 11 when I read that and already a reader, but I think that book really showed me how you can be transported and how your imagination can take you to a whole other place.” ThinkingWantFirstsBookRealWholeEyeImaginationForgetLordReaderFirst TimeRingsOpeningEye OpeningReal Eyes Author:Sharon Cameron
“I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.” KnowsGivingKnowingGiving UpHeritageNot Giving Up Author:Sharon Cameron
“I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.” ThinkingHomeSpiritualScotland Author:Sharon Cameron
“I think there's a lot that we remember almost chemically, through our DNA.” ThinkingRememberDna Author:Sharon Cameron
“We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.” MemoriesDnaSpiders Author:Sharon Cameron