“Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. And no wonder: a major thinker of our time is talking to you about math and so much more, like you've never heard before.” WorldFeelsHelpingTalkingWonderDoorsMagicHeardLike YouMajorsMathGuidesHolesOur TimeThinkerRabbitsRabbit HolesMesmerized Author:Edward Frenkel
“I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at the cost of others' happiness. Be true to your friends. Remembering to find some wonder and hope in the world. Basically it boils down to: treat people like you'd like them to treat you, leave the world a little better than it was when you got here, respect others and stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves.” PeopleWorldLittlesRememberCertainChoicesWonderBloodLike YouCostTreatsIndividualityBeing TrueThemeRespecting OthersOthers Happiness Author:Charles de Lint
“Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings, Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings, When ordinary people who are like you and me, Are the builders of their destiny...” PeopleWonderDestinyLike YouKingsOrdinaryRingsOrdinary PeopleClownBuilderSawdustCapers Author:Noel Gallagher
“I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.” LooksKindDifferentNextLiteratureDifficultWonderDoorsStudentsColorLike YouPerformingDifferent KindsFar AwayLike YourselfDifferent Colors Author:Chinua Achebe
“I think you're sort of always waiting, wondering when the word "cut" is going to be said when you're doing a scene. Like you're there and you're doing the scene and you're always sort of like, ‘Okay. Are they going to call cut? How far are we taking this? Are they going to call cut?’” ThinkingSaidWaitingWonderCuttingLike YouColdSceneAlways Waiting Author:Ashton Kutcher
“You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life depended on reading 'em right. But you know your life doesn't depend on anything that makes sense, and you wonder where in the hell you got the idea it did; and you begin to get sore.” KnowsTwoBookIdeasReadingLinesWonderHellLike YouDependsOfficeMake SenseEmsShelves Book:Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s Source: Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s
“If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!” IfsLooksCausesWalksHalfWonderCrazyLike YouHairArmsOfficePicksShoesNecksPantsTattooUp And Down Book:Mayor: The Best Job in Politics Source: Mayor: The Best Job in Politics
“I wonder if there were any goths in gothic times. They're like: You look completely appropriate. You don't look stupid or lonely at all.” IfsLooksWonderStupidLike YouLonelyAppropriateGothicGoth Author:Demetri Martin
“I couldn't get away with Halloween pranks 'cause my parents owned the health food store. So, it was so easy to bust me. I was the only kid on the block egging houses with those big 'ole brown eggs. Like, you didn't have to be a detective to figure it out. 'Oh, I wonder who Tofuttied my mailbox. Is it the same evil genius who filled my bird bath with Rice Dream?” DreamBigsKidsEvilHouseCausesEasyParentWonderFiguresLike YouGeniusBirdFilledStoresBlockBrownGet AwayEggsHalloweenBathsRiceDetectivesPranksHealth FoodMailboxesEvil Genius Author:Arj Barker
“On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’ Because there had never been anyone like you ever in the world.” WorldNightStarsBornWonderWindLike YouMoon Book:On the Night You Were Born Source: On the Night You Were Born