All Quotes

": 'Motto' poem Lumina – [undă pe corzi] ("The Light – [wave on strings]"). Pp. 186; the last cover"

": Lumina – [undă pe corzi] ("The Light – [wave on strings]"). Stanza 3, lines 44–47, p. 188"

": Adeverindu-se Sieşi ("Convincing Oneself to Be True"). Stanza 1, lines 1–4, p. 10 (14)"

": Bunul simţ-al măsurii ("The Common Sense of Measure"). Stanza 1, lines 1–12 (1–14), p. 16 (20)"

": Continuum estetic ("An Aesthetic Continuum"). Stanza 1, lines 1–10, p. 28 (32)"

": Dizolvând ne-Fiinţa ("Dissolving The Non-Being"). Stanza 1, lines 1–3, p. 34 (38)"

": Geneză ("Genesis"). Stanza 1, lines 1–8, p. 73 (79)"

"The idea – deepness and relief"

": Hyperboreea ("Hyperborea"). Stanza 3, lines 29–30, p. 83 (87)"

": Joc optic ("Optical Game"). Stanza 4, lines 67–70 (69–72), p. 105 (111)"

": Remanenţă ("Remanence"). Stanza 3, lines 37–42, p. 182 (188)"

": Şi totuşi... actul meu liric de pietate ("And Yet... My Lyric Act of Piety"). Stanza 3, lines 28–30 (27–30), p. 206 (212)"

": Ţărmul vast-al gândirii ("The Vast Shore of The Thinking"). Stanza 1, lines 1–5, p. 223 (229)"

": Viaţa poetului – la hotarul dintre poezie şi ştiinţă ("The Poet’s Life – at The Border between Poetry and Science"). Stanza 4, lines 55–58 (57–61), p. 254 (260–261)"

": Ylem. Stanza 3, lines 44–45 (44–46), p. 283 (289)"

": Zbor în decor al Ideii-înseşi-de-zbor ("A Fly in The Sky of The very Idea of a Flight"). Stanza 3, lines 31–35, p. 292 (300)"

"Today, we are witnessing with horror the resurgence of anti-Rwanda hate speech, and pro-genocide calls which are unfortunately encouraged by certain officials and politicians in DRC."

"Police issues driving permit exams digitally, it is a good service which the public rates as transparent. I would like to know how the same method can be implemented in public service recruitment such that a candidate leave the exam room knowing their marks ."

"It think this approach can reduce suspicion or even the injustice identified in various reports that we get."

"Adagala was my aunt, teacher and mentor. She taught me the meaning of infatuation. I had always assumed it meant deep love. But she corrected that infatuation was maddening obsession with or for something or anyone usually ending in disaster."

"I just find Christmas so overwhelming. So if the CBC poll was taken during Christmas, no wonder people feel that way."

"They teach you that as an improviser you should never censor yourself. Whatever comes to your mind immediately, you say it - you go with it."

"I've learned that if the human brain is told it can't have something, it then wants that thing more than anything in the universe."

"We tweak the jokes, and on our best nights, our audience keeps laughing. We don’t want to leave much room for them to breath."

"It’s been a joy to write material for such a specific demographic."

"In a world that often tries to divide us, literature remains one of the last sacred spaces where we can live inside each other's minds, if only for a few pages."

"Women are often harder on women than men are. They step into the shoes of men and adopt their own strategies to oppress women… like how senior convicts become supervisors of other convicts."

"I have also been writing about how the media often misrepresents Muslims. I once saw a misleading photo of an elderly man garlanded by a young girl, implying child marriage. But in reality, it was a photo of a Quran teacher and his student after she completed her Quranic studies―a tradition where the teacher is honoured with garlands and gifts. Misrepresentation like this damages perceptions deeply."

"Our culture teaches us, whether it be Hindu or Muslim or Christian or whether it may be Kannadiga or Tamil or Malayali, the culture of human beings, the culture of neighbourhood. So we are Muslims, and if there was a feast the female elders of the family would bring a plate of sweets, coconut, prawn, flowers, everything to share with our neighbours, who were vegetarian [...] And they would invite us for their feasts. And this culture of coexistence is there even today. The fabric seems to be tarnished, but it remains there. So, there is no question of othering. There is a question of only inclusiveness."

"My stories are about women – how religion, society, and politics demand unquestioning obedience from them, and in doing so, inflict inhumane cruelty upon them, turning them into mere subordinates."

"Isn’t he a man? Whether he is there, not there, whether he carries responsibilities, whether he neglects them, who's going to ask? Who does he have to answer to? He is langoti yaar, after all, a man, everybody's best friend. His past does not rise up to dance in public. The present doesn't touch him. The future doesn't move him, nor is it a mystery. He does not have to remain shyly in the shadows. He does not have to say who he belongs to. He does not need to seek forgiveness, not ever at all, because nothing he does is a mistake."

"Material things had become priceless, and human beings worthless. Behind those material possessions, people's feelings were on sale. Things decided the relationships between small people with big shadows. A fridge had the capacity to change the life of a young bride. The different colours it came in could play Holi on her young dreams. Such possessions held a prominent spot not only in the house, but also in making life decisions. People were running, having tossed their worthiness and their relationships into the air."

"If you were to build the world again, to create males and females again, do not be like an inexperienced potter. Come to earth as a woman, Prabhu! Be a woman once, oh Lord!"

"Jealousy is not appreciating the loved one."

"Men are lying when they say they are terrified of blood."

"I’m interested in discovering how many different combinations and possibilities there are within such a system and how I can calculate them."

"Gender representation is vital - not just in mathematics but in every discipline. It is common knowledge that the sum of the parts equals the whole. Suppose we view the whole as our society. Who was contributing to the sum of the parts in mathematical discoveries? In the past, it was male representation. Imagine what could have happened if we had female representation in the past and if females had equal opportunities to contribute to mathematical discoveries."

"I hope that I am able to dispel the idea that mathematics is “hard” or difficult, by sharing my love and the numerous applications of the subject and its undeniable beauty."

"everyone deserves the right to learn."

"The lack of female role models in mathematics was one of my earliest challenges, and it often meant battling feelings of isolation in my field"

"Through mentorship, these young women not only excelled academically but also gained confidence and inspiration to pursue their dreams"

"This initiative matters to me because I have lived the challenges it seeks to address. As a young woman in mathematics, I was often the only female in my classes, with few role models to turn to. I know first-hand how isolation, lack of guidance, and absence of representation can deter talented girls from pursuing their STEM dreams."

"Though he always professed to aim at setting forth truth unadorned and regardless of consequences, his partisan tone and apparent prejudice gave offence to many. Those who knew him best, however, testified to his singleness of purpose and genuine piety."

"We settled on the bra protest. We thought it would be most appropriate for what had happened. It’s not like we were saying we don’t respect ourselves. We were disgusted by what had been done."

"I was seriously offended that a police force that is supposed to protect us had assaulted a woman in front of everyone."

"I felt down as a citizen of this country to know that our police force, which is obligated to protect us, could abuse a woman in full view. I was silent for a while as I tried to internalise what I had just seen. The next day i knew for sure that we would have to do something. We couldn't let this pass."

"It’s certainly been a topic of interest – including at COP26. There is a growing understanding that to meet net zero goals, nuclear will need to play a larger role."

"The role of Canada’s nuclear regulator is to protect people from risk, not get in the way of progress."

"We know the challenges we face. But we also know that we are up to the task – and that, together, we can achieve real progress. It is up to us to lead by example. It is up to us to seize this opportunity. It is up to us not only to ask – but to help answer – the question: “What can we do better?"

"It's probably the most sophisticated fuel cycle in the world that will cover all aspects of nuclear power, and we do each part of it to world standards, where the world looks towards us"