He loved the idea that Apple bundled his MacPaint with every Macintosh, and he was crushed when the company decided that his post-Mac project, a flat-pad communicating computer called Magic Slate, was too esoteric a product to begin developing in 1985. He went into a depression, not ...
18.) “Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”– Henry Ford 1...
trembling in the balance; for had not the geometry of conic sections already been worked out in large measure, and had their opinion that only sciences apparently useful ought to be pursued, the nineteenth century would have had none of those characters which distinguish it from the ancien ...
“It’s like a Marvel Comic written by Beckett.” What the Hell?: Angel’s “The Girl in Question” Cynthea Masson –Reading Joss Whedon “People … need things to go wrong, they need tension. In my characters, there’s a core of trust and love that I’m very committed to … But...
“No valid plans for the future can be made can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”―Alan Watts “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”―Socrates ...
247. “Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.”― Arthur Conan Doyle 248. “That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.”― Anita Shreve 249. “The jealousy and evilness are like worms, that destroy the soul....
from Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein. Suggested by imlad When I was growing up, I fantasized about a house like this. New furniture. A backyard. Parents who gave parties and invited lots of friends.I wanted something like this, too. A brick house in Hampstead and a father...
"That was just a test run. Let's do it again! This time, we'll REALLY look for a way to open the castle gate." "This garden is pretty, isn't it? I'd love to look at the pond up close...and that shed!" "Sometimes it's about hitting the spots where there ISN'T anything...
Tightly-plotted, well-researched and beautifully drawn, this book is a real delight. Garen Ewing's mix of engaging characters, exciting old-school adventure, attractive ligne claire artwork and fluid storytelling makes The Rainbow Orchid easily one of the best graphic novels of the year. — Bryan...
Inspired by the concept, Faulkner began writing about the places and people of his childhood, developing a great many colorful characters based on real people he had grown up with or heard about, including his great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner. For his famous 1929 novel, The Sound and ...