“At last the bottom fell out.No more water in the pail.No more moon in the water.””
Quotes by John Gould
“In the afternoon, over gold screens,I will brush the blue dust of my dreams.””
“As I went through the city by dayI saw shadows in sunlight;But in the night I saw everywhereStars within the darkness.””
“Here upon earth there is life, and then death,Dawn, and later nightfall,Fire, and the quenching of embers:But why should I not remember that my night is dawn in another part of the world,If the idea fits my fancy?””
“Bill Gates is said to be Aspergian. Musician Glenn Gould is said to have been Aspergian, along with scientist Albert Einstein, actor Dan Aykroyd, writer Isaac Asimov, and movie director Alfred Hitchcock. As adults, none of those people would be described as disabled, but they were certainly eccentric and different.””
John Gould was an influential English ornithologist renowned for his extensive studies and illustrations of birds. His most significant work, the seven-volume series 'The Birds of Australia,' publishe...