Sidney Skees

“Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“It is good to remove oneself sometimes and get a sense of perspective from a little further away.”
― Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory

“Coming into repeated contact with the same few others does not have the same consequences as meeting new people, either for human culture or for culturing microbes.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire