Much of my research life--the papers (there were so many), the books, the drafts--is now off to be melted down, or whatever they do at recycling plants, and made into new paper.
"Key questions cannot be answered because no agency has collected certain critical information, such as the size of the early-career pool." --From the ARISE report
"I have seen many scientists who've only done research in the United Kingdom or in the United States move to France and struggle with the system's peculiarities." --Andreas Bikfalvi.