unheard…

Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time they thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in the winter go unheard until the next summer.

plutarch, moralia

really…

The 25th of April is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.

anne wojcicki

out in the cold

quest…

A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.

alan watts