“It seemed a strange thing to him, when earth was earth and rain was rain, that scrawny pines should grow in the scrub, while by every branch and lake and river there grew magnolias. Dogs were the same everywhere, and oxen and mules and horses. But trees were different in different places.” ShouldDifferentEarthGrowsTreeDogStrangeGrewRainRiversHorseBranchesLakesDifferent PlaceStrange ThingsMulesMagnoliasOxen Book:The Yearling Source: The Yearling
“The rare earth elements perplex us in our researches, baffle us in our speculations, and haunt us in our very dreams. They stretch like an unknown sea before us mocking, mystifying and murmuring strange revelations and possibilities.” DreamEarthSeaPossibilityStrangeElementsResearchRevelationsSpeculationMurmuring Author:William Crookes
“Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - ''possessive'', even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his fetus, but you know his corpse. Only you can complete the story of his life, only you know why his body has to be pushed into the fire before its time, and why his toes curl up and fight for another hour on earth.” KnowsMenFeelsFactsStoriesBodyEarthMotherFightingFatherHoursFireStrangeMurderResponsibleToesCorpsesCurlsPossessiveFetus Author:Aravind Adiga
“In the search for meaning we must not forget that the gods (or God, for that matter) are a concept of the human mind; they are the creatures of man, not vice versa. They are needed and invented to give meaning and purpose to the struggle that is life on Earth, to explain strange and irregular phenomena of nature, haphazard events and, above all, irrational human conduct. They exist to bear the burden of all things that cannot be comprehended except by supernatural intervention or design.” MenGivingMindHumansMatterEarthPurposeForgetStruggleAtheismEventsDesignStrangeBearsNeededCreaturesConceptsAll ThingsVicesBurdenPositive AtheismHuman MindIrrationalInterventionVice VersaSearch For MeaningHaphazard Author:Barbara Tuchman
“When one commits one's self to an airborne craft and the door is fastened against earth and home, there is no escape even by running away. The result is a strange sense of peace - desperate, perhaps, but peace.” SelfHomeRunningEarthResultsDoorsStrangeFlyingCommitCraftsDesperateRunning AwayAirborne Book:A Bridge for Passing Source: A Bridge for Passing
“September is different from all other months. It is more magical. I feel the strange chemical change in the earth which produces mushrooms is the cause, too, of the extra 'life' in the air - a resilience, a sparkle.” FeelsDifferentEarthCausesAirProduceStrangeMonthsResilienceExtrasChemicalsSeptemberMushroomsSparkle Book:Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)