“Bats look and behave a whole lot differently than mice or foxes or elephants, but nobody would argue that they're not mammals. No, bats are just a weird type of mammal that evolved wings and developed the ability to fly. Birds are just a weird group of dinosaurs that did the same thing.”
― The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
― The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
“the depth of the lows is the price you pay for the height of the highs.”
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
“Her extremely posh eight year-old asks her a question about the economy (!), and before she answers it, she asks her extremely posh five year-old "Do you know what the economy is, darling?"
"Yes mummy, it's the part of the plane that's terrible".
This is how revolutions start.”
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
"Yes mummy, it's the part of the plane that's terrible".
This is how revolutions start.”
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
“There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this.”
― The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
― The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
“The chemistry of life is an aquatic chemistry. We can get by on land only by carrying a huge amount of salt water around with us.”
― Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
― Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
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