The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica Quotes

“Entonces pensé qué terrible riesgo es intervenir en el destino de otra gente, cuán retorcidos pueden ser los resultados.”
― John Calvin Batchelor, The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica

“Was Grandfather trying to tell me something significant in a language I could not interpret? I wanted to establish a sure relationship with him despite his thunder. Grandfather was a man with whom one could be intimate, if he permitted, without ever enjoying an intimate moment. His devotion to me was direct, captivating. He did not want to talk about it, or even show it in any normal manner.”
― John Calvin Batchelor, The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica

“The darkness is there and there and there!" Grandfather flung his arms south, east, west.

I stood beside him, looked out in the directions he gave. I said, "I see the world, Grandfather. It frightens me. It doesn't hate me. Why should I hate it?”
― John Calvin Batchelor, The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica

“What challenged me and also confounded me was their (the Nobel prize attendees) apparent kindness...Their smiles were lovely, and most certainly charitable. Their benevolent might fooled me. I was a young fool, and still might be a fool, yet now I understand charity.”
― John Calvin Batchelor, The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica