Francis King
- Act of Darkness, 1983
Though the morning sun had no warmth in it, Mr. Mukerjee was watering his garden in striped cotton pyjamas. Beneath the pyjamas he wore a woolen vest and woolen longjohns, their ribbing visible above his ankles. On his hair, which his elder daughter has just washed for him, he wore a fine net, its elastic making an indentation just above his eyebrows. His high-instepped feet sported a pair of unlaced patent-leather shoes, more suitable for a formal dinner party than for gardening.
Joe Pierre, M.D.
- Conspiracy Thinking On A Global Scale
What's interesting is that conspiracy thinking isn't associated with lack of education and conspiracy theorists often think of themselves as skeptics in the proper scientific sense of the word. But in practice, they often employ the opposite of the scientific method, starting with an intuition and then sifting through information to confirm it and rejecting scientific consensus in the process.
Lin Yutang
- The Importance of Living, 1937
It has been raining for a whole month and I lie in bed in the morning like one drunk or ill, refusing to get up. Suddenly, I hear a chorus of birds announcing a clear day. Quickly I pull aside the curtain, push open the window and see the beautiful sun shining and glistening and the forest looks like having a bath. Ah, is this not happiness?
