Change is certain … such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness ...
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
You might think these contrasting views on change must have been expressed by two people of different cultures living far apart; but in fact, they were married to each other. The first phrase was penned by English poet Percy Shelley during his short lifetime from 1792 to 1822, and the second phrase comes from his wife Mary Shelley’s first edition of the novel Frankenstein published in 1818 (Figure 1.1).
Figure 1.1 Mary Shelley and Percy ...
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