3 Quotes by John Calvin Batchelor

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?

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.

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.