The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

by Patrik Svensson

How could anyone feel such overwhelming conviction about the path he or she had chosen?

And besides, sometimes, objective probability is less important than what people want to believe.

A PERSON SEEKING THE ORIGIN OF SOMETHING IS ALSO SEEKING HIS own origin.

Profound

Perhaps there are people who simply don’t give up once they’ve set their minds to answering a question that arouses their curiosity, who forge ahead until they find what they seek, no matter how long it takes, how alone they are, or how hopeless things seem.

I decided that you find what you want to believe in when you need it.

“If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise,” Paul wrote. Anyone who seeks faith must dare to become a fool.

If you don’t know where you came from, you can’t know where you’re going.