Mary Mycio > Quotes

“subject would largely have to have been a retraction. Because all the while, I was looking for lies to expose. No bit of information existed merely as a fact but as a clue to a deep underlying truth that would reveal a massive cover-up by both East and West.”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

“They told the truth, but they buried it so deep in the footnotes of scientific reports and the jargon of obscure journals that almost none of it could emerge to penetrate public consciousness.”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

“resonate deeply in modern imaginations”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

“Former residents and looters had stripped apartments and offices down to their faded wallpaper.”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl