The brain within its groove The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, T'were easier for you To put the water back When floods have slit the hills, And scooped a turnpike for themselves, And blotted out the mills! Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson insanitymind
The research agenda Important connections are often made by accident, outside the bounds of our research agenda. Karen L. Kramer, The Spoken and the Unspoken The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge creativity