Curiosity does have a tendency to get you killed. The truly fearless don’t last long, and the birds who go out in search of new knowledge are inevitably the first ones to get plucked.
Yasmin Nair, The Dangerous Academic is an Extinct Species
It appeared to be written in English, but it was a variety of English which Isabel felt occurred only in certain corners of academia, where faux weightiness was a virtue.
Alexander McCall Smith, The Sunday Philosophy Club
But many of those devoted to the Arts privately desire nothing more than a chance to read more.
J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters