"Under all this dirt the floor is really very clean." — Lydia Davis Can't and Won't, "Housekeeping Observation"
"This dull, difficult novel I have brought with me on my trip—I keep trying to read it. I have gone back to it so many times, each time dreading it and each time finding it no better than the last time, that by now it has become something of an old friend. My old friend the bad novel." — Lydia Davis Can't and Won't, "The Bad Novel"
"You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!" — 10th Doctor Doctor Who, "Tooth and Claw"
"Writers write into a silence that can linger for a long time." — Laurence Gonzales Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
"Fiction, no matter the form, allows you to live a thousand meaningful experiences and relationships that you could never have in real life. Getting invested in a fictional world means you have a wonderful imagination, a big heart, and the capacity for endless creativity. No one can say anything bad about that." — Sam Maggs The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
"…I looked straight into bronze-colored bobcat eyes and held my breath, for longer than I knew I could. After two moments (his and mine) that were surely not equal—for a predator must often pass hours without an eyeblink, while a human can grow restless inside ten seconds—we broke eye contact." — Barbara Kingsolver Small Wonder
"You encounter an animal like this, and it is so vivid it detaches from time." — Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
"The desert changed instantly. It turned from stones to coyotes." — Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
"The dog is gone. We miss him. When the doorbell rings, no one barks. When we come home late, there is no one waiting for us. We still find his white hairs here and there around the house and on our clothes. We pick them up. We should throw them away. But they are all we have left of him. We don’t throw them away. We have a wild hope—if only we collect enough of them, we will be able to put the dog back together again." — Lydia Davis Can't and Won't, "The Dog Hair"
"It gave me the stare of a cat, disinterested but true." — Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
"The cat speaks in symbols." — Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
"It’s not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build products that bring joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and yes, beauty to people’s lives." — Don Norman
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." — Steve Jobs
"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent." — Joe Sparano
"Design is where science and art break even." — Robin Mathew
"Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style." — Massimo Vignelli
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Airman's Odyssey
"The earth without art is just eh." — Unknown
"Beauty is the door to another world." — Voytek Kurtyka Alpinist Magazine, Issue 43, "The View from the Wall"
"We click the shutter release, only to have our work instantly become a part of the past—moments frozen in time, just as droplets of water freeze onto a growing icicle." — Nikki Smith
