Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.