My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cook grandmother read
Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up. Jill Lepore adolescenceartifactcitizen Change image and share on social
The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War. Jill Lepore bettermentdominateenlightenment Change image and share on social
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. Jill Lepore academicacceptconduct Change image and share on social
I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it. Nikki Cox cookfrighteninglylife Change image and share on social
The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that. Ben Nicholson godgrandmotherhave Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
