Haidee Orlin Quotes

Science has never been defined by infallibility or superhuman perfection. It has always been about healthy skepticism, about putting every hypothesis to the test. ~ Ben Orlin

Remember, the Church doesn't teach something because its in the Bible, its in the Bible because the Church has always taught it. ~ Kevin Orlin Johnson

Creativity is what happens when a mind encounters an obstacle. It's the human process of finding a way through, over, around, or beneath. No obstacle, no creativity. ~ Ben Orlin

Math is a weave of many threads: the formal and the intuitive, the simple and the profound, the momentary and the eternal. Love the thread you love. But never mistake it for the tapestry. ~ Ben Orlin

It is a funny paradox of design: utility breeds beauty. There is elegance in efficiency, a visual pleasure in things that just barely work. ~ Ben Orlin

Weren't you scared?" I ask.
"Yes. But it was a good scared."
"There's a good kind?"
"Oh, yes." Her voice drops so low I have to strain to hear. "Orlin made me scared all the time. Scared I would starve. Scared I would get too cold. Scared he would hurt me again or get so mad he'd throw me to one of the men. That was nasty bad scared." She pauses, scuffing her boots against the floor. "But you never hit me, even though I'm your slave ... You always feed me. You call me my true name. Now when I'm scared, it's not because of meanness. And today, I chose my own scared. It's always a good scared, when you get to pick it your own self. ~ Rae Carson

For a moment, Strider almost forgot how pissed he was with Amun and Haidee as he savored the fact that he'd just cock-blocked the keeper of Death. Almost. ~ Gena Showalter

Paradox is the grain of sand that helps form the pearl of theory. ~ Ben Orlin

History is the sum of the people living it. ~ Ben Orlin

Reality is a lovely starting point, but the coolest destinations lie far beyond it. ~ Ben Orlin

Mathematics can instruct us on how to optimize. But what to optimize - that remains a question for humans. ~ Ben Orlin

There are two kinds of people in life: those who like crude dualities and those who do not. ~ Ben Orlin

Psychology: it's sociology for sociopaths. ~ Ben Orlin