We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist.
James GleickIt is significant that one says book lover and music lover and art lover but not record lover or CD lover or, conversely, text lover.
James GleickIt is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness.
James GleickI can't remember the last book that taught me so much, and so well, about what it means to be human.
James GleickAs a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer. Likewise, the bicycle is alive and well. It was invented in a world without automobiles, and for speed and range it was quickly surpassed by motorcycles and all kinds of powered scooters. But there is nothing quaint about bicycles. They outsell cars.
James Gleick