P 58 Quotes

“Jour par jour, et presque minute par minute, le passé était mis à jour. On pouvait ainsi prouver, avec documents à l'appui, que les prédictions faites par le Parti s'étaient trouvées vérifiées.”
― George Orwell

“The general notion of raising the status of women was never more than peripheral to Rosalind, and on the whole it irritated her for its imprecision.”
― Anne Sayre, Rosalind Franklin and DNA

“She was not engaging in any broad or sweeping challenge when she insisted that her own status be acknowledged as not only "equal" to that of any comparable male scientist, but to be quite indistinguishable as well, because to her the emphasis was solely upon scientist, not upon the adjective. She was not declaring war on behalf of women's rights, but demanding on behalf of science that those who served it be judged solely and wholly upon their abilities.”
― Anne Sayre, Rosalind Franklin and DNA