No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment

of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.
Ellsworth Huntington

I think; therefore I am.
Rene Descartes

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.
William Godwin

Consequences are unpitying.
George Eliot

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.
Ted Williams

Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.
Richard Adams

These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'
Andrew Motion