“There is no doubt that radium is transformed spontaneously into an active gas, radon, emitting at the same time alpha particles, or helions.”

“In England and the United States, where physicists have at their disposal equipment of very high voltages, several new elements were prepared using protons and deuterons as projectiles.”

“Imagination is but another name for super intelligence”

“Anger and hate against one we love steals our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed”

“Death, only, renders hope futile”

“She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils”

“Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger”

“It never seems to occur to some people that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal”