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“We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.”
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“The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.”
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“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”
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“I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?”
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“I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up—many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.”
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Patti’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Patti’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
528 books
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85 friends
177 books
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17 friends
48 books
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12 friends
336 books
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76 friends
0 books
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26 friends
14 books
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23 friends
7 books
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23 friends
28 books
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25 friends
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