Julia

“The inhabitants are all Idolaters. And I may as well remind you again [implied sigh?] that all the people of Cathay are Idolaters.”
― Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo: The Venetian

“At the Alley Cat Allies conference, I sit through a very technical presentation on Tomahawk trap trip plates, postoperative temperature control, and other TNR mechanics. As the sober PowerPoint concludes, the presenter suddenly flashes a slide of an adorable feline neonate: "And this is my kitten Rex!" she says. The room explodes in squeals. It was a bit like ending a lecture on the war on drugs with a picture of a lit crack pipe—especially since there is actually some evidence that cats, like street drugs, have clinically compromised our minds.”
― Abigail Tucker, The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World

“A study commissioned by the NFL Players Association determined that recently retired pros (ages thirty to forty-nine) are nineteen times more likely to suffer from brain-trauma-related illness than—what's the right word here?—noncombatants.”
― Steve Almond, Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

“The river was too low to allow the Magnet passage. Audubon proposed to Victor that they walk the 250 miles to Louisville and he agreed.”
― Richard Rhodes, John James Audubon: The Making of an American