Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Albert Einstein on curiosity. (The Commonplace Book Project)
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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.”
— Albert Einstein, Life magazine, May 2, 1955
The first time I fell in love, I fell hard for a complicated, brilliant boy who turned into an even more complicated, increasingly unpleasant young man.
After our marriage failed, he became a drug addict and it affected his mind. He is middle-aged now and brilliance has dimmed considerably now and that’s one of the saddest things I can think of.
Our son has autism and while I hate to armchair diagnose someone who has (as far as I know) never been evaluated for…