Re-reading Sophie’s World. It amazes me how Democritus could through pure thoughts, derive at the atom theory. 

On another note, it also amazes me the length people would go just to get what they want. The schemes, the deceits, planting toxicity. Is it really worth that kind of effort to play mind games to attain your goal. Wouldn’t it be so much more honorable to attain something based purely on your own merit? Do connections really matter that much? Does creating a picture perfect image of yourself mean that you have to bring everyone else down? Is it even necessary to make yourself out to be perfect? Ain’t imperfections so much more real? Is it a matter of pride and egoism to make up lies just coz your advances had been spurned? Human beings can be so scary at times.