Mythreyi Ramesh

“When we have a clear goal in mind, we think we are struggling to reach a summit. But there is no summit. When we get there, we realize we have just climbed a foothill, and there is an endless series of mountains ahead still to be climbed.”
― Venki Ramakrishnan, Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

“This boy needed someone to love him. And she could do
that. That would be a very easy thing for her to do.
She pulled him close to her, as close as she could, as
close as she’d held her own babies the days they were
born. She held him tight and she put her cheek to his head
and she could feel him start to calm. And then, even before
he was silent, June had already made up her mind.
“I will love you,” June told him. And she did.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you're not saying 'no' to yourself.”
― Paulo Coelho

“English has a lot of synonyms for “fool” or “idiot.” Perhaps you take this to mean that English speakers are mean-spirited; I simply reply that necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries