“We cannot wholly rely, as though it were Medieval times, [on the notion that] the only reality is what we see in front of us. There are germs. There are changes that are happening in our planet's ecology that are happening over such a long period of time that we cannot see the changes.” LongRealityFrontsPlanetsPeriodsHappeningsNotionRelyEcologyOur PlanetMedievalGermsLong Periods Of TimeMedieval Times Author:John Hodgman
“The irruption of the supernatural into our world is a much more enticing notion to explore than the same thing happening in some past time, or in a wholly imaginary world.” WorldPastHappeningsNotionThings HappenOur WorldImaginaryEnticingImaginary World Author:Elizabeth Hand
“I think America the symbol and America the notion are still very different from America the nation. What's touching and almost regenerative is that whatever is happening in the reality of America, where there is a murder rate worse than Lebanon's and where there is so much homelessness and poverty, still America will be a shorthand throughout the world for everything that is young and modern and free.” ThinkingWorldStillsDifferentRealityAmericaYoungNationsPovertyModernHappeningsMurderNotionRateSymbolsTouchingHomelessnessLebanonShorthand Author:Pico Iyer