“The Past is such a curious Creature To look her in the Face A Transport may receipt us Or a Disgrace-.” LooksMayPastFacesCreaturesCuriousDisgraceTransportReceipts Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“Our world is not an optimal place, fine tuned by omnipotent forces of selection. It is a quirky mass of imperfections, working well enough (often admirably); a jury-rigged set of adaptations built of curious parts made available by past histories in different contexts. A world optimally adapted to current environments is a world without history, and a world without history might have been created as we find it. History matters; it confounds perfection and proves that current life transformed its own past.” WorldWellsHas BeensMadeDifferentMatterEnoughMightPastForceEnvironmentFineProveMassBuiltPerfectionCurrentsAvailableCuriousOur WorldImperfectionTransformedSelectionMight Have BeenAdaptationJuryAdaptedQuirkyOmnipotentRiggedOptimal Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“As to the pretty girls who went past, from the day on which I had first known that their cheeks could be kissed, I had become curious about their souls. And the Universe had appeared to me more interesting.” FirstsSoulPastGirlUniverseWomenInterestingKnownCuriousCheeksPretty Girl Book:Remembrance of Things Past Source: Remembrance of Things Past