I remember discussions with Bohr which went through many hours till very late at night and ended almost in despair; and when at the end of the discussion I went alone for a walk in the neighbouring park I repeated to myself again and again the question: Can nature possibly be so absurd as it seemed to us in these atomic experiments?

– Werner Heisenberg –

What so wild as words are?

I and thou

In debate, as birds are,

hawk on bough!

See the creature stalking

while we speak!

Hush and hide the talking,

cheek on cheek!

What so false as truth is,

False to thee?

Where the serpent’s tooth is

shun the tree—

Where the apple reddens

Never pry—

Lest we lose our Edens,

Eve and I.

Teach me, only teach, love

as I ought

I will speak thy speech, love,

think thy thought …

– Robert Browning –

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away …

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,

For this, for everything, we are out of tune …

– William Wordsworth –