“I have divers times examined the same matter (human semen) from a healthy man... not from a sick man... nor spoiled by keeping... for a long time and not liquefied after the lapse of some time... but immediately after ejaculation before six beats of the pulse had intervened; and I have seen so great a number of living animalcules... in it, that sometimes more than a thousand were moving about in an amount of material the size of a grain of sand... I saw this vast number of animalcules not all through the semen, but only in the liquid matter adhering to the thicker part.” MenHumansLongSometimesMatterMovingScienceNumbersSawsMaterialsAmountHealthyThousandSixLong TimeBeatsSickSizeSandGrainPulseLiquidSpoiledMicroscopesLapsesGrains Of SandSick ManEjaculation Author:Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
“La parole humaine est comme un chaudron fe" le o u' nous battons des me lodies a' faire danser les ours, quand on voudrait attendrir les e toiles. Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity.” HumansMovingStarsBearsSpeechBeatsLongingPityTunesCrackedParoleKettles Author:Gustave Flaubert
“I think about a storm rolling in with black clouds and I visualize the lightning and try to draw energy from that, and I think: all I have to do is beat this man until he stops moving, then I can go home to my son.” ThinkingMenTryingI CanHomeMovingEnergyBlackSonBeatsDrawsCloudsStormMy SonLightningRollingBlack Clouds Author:Carlos Condit
“What is poetry? Do not enquire. The secret dies by prying. How does the heart beat? I fainted when I saw it on the screen, opening and closing like a flower ... Poetry is like this, it is life moving, terrible, vivid. Look the other way when you write, or you might faint.” WayWritingLooksHeartDoeMightMovingPoetryDiesSecretSawsFlowerTerribleBeatsScreensOpeningPoetry IsVividClosingHeart BeatWhat Is Poetry Author:Elizabeth Smart
“I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.” ImportantInspirationMovingProcessMajorsBeatsNotesCardsBoardsPlotSheetsOutlines Author:Kami Garcia