“The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we were ready for our first "adult novel," Lucy Maud Montgomery's The Blue Castle.” FirstsMadeBookMotherNovelReadyAdultsDecidedBlueImpressionLastingCastlesLucyLasting Impressions Author:Hallie Ephron
“A man notices a womans figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.” MenLightDarkWalksRoomsMillionsFiguresBlueEightDark BlueLight Blue Author:Hallie Ephron
“Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.” BookMotherHouseSpecialTreats Author:Hallie Ephron
“I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.” PeopleWantFeelsBookIdeasStoriesBitsReaderDisappearGet BackInterruptions Author:Bernard Beckett
“I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kants idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the way our brain works. In the modern parlance, its an evolved machine that we carry with us.” WorldWayWellsIdeasBrainModernMachinesFunction Author:Bernard Beckett
“I cant see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.” KnowsWorldHumansBeliefAbilityParticularMaterialsEvidenceAccessTake MeCantMaterial World Author:Bernard Beckett
“Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. Its very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover Gods great plan.” MenWorldDifferentPlansCenturyEnlightenmentScientistOur WorldQuestsMachinery19th CenturyMan Of God Author:Bernard Beckett
“Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.” WorldNeedsCausesTermSimpleViewsEffectsSuperstitionsCause And Effect Author:Bernard Beckett
“Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; its a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a really wonderful technical abstraction.” ThinkingWayLittlesBitsWonderfulLittle BitAbstractionPredictingModelling Author:Bernard Beckett