Roderick Mackinnon Quotes

#1. As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.

Elizabeth Kostova

#2. The smell slaps me sideways. Like when Mom grabs a container she forgot about from the back of the fridge and she says, "Here Mickey, smell this and see if it's still good," and I open it and take a whiff before noticing the fuzz. Like that.

Mick Bogerman

#3. Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.

Pietro Aretino

#4. It was then, so curiously, that Miranda held out her arms ... And Rachaela went into the arms of Miranda, and together they wept, ... like ancient sisters in a tragedy.

Tanith Lee

#5. Just take a risk. Go for it. I think if you crash and burn trying, it's still going to be better than if you never tried at all.

Roderick Mackinnon

#6. Flying is like the ultimate superpower; it's just, like, the coolest thing.

Logan Henderson