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“And what if we learned to change our genetic code intentionally? If such technologies were available, who would control them, and who would ensure their safety? Who would be the masters, and who the victims, of this technology? How would the acquisition and control of this knowledge—and its inevitable invasion of our private and public lives—alter the way we imagine our societies, our children, and ourselves?”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“Once you name something, it stops you seeing the whole of it, or why it matters.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had,
And add some extra, just for you.
-Philip Larkin, "This Be the Verse”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had,
And add some extra, just for you.
-Philip Larkin, "This Be the Verse”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“Ero invidiosa di Eric Whelan, che se ne era andato a New York con un solo abito e indossava la stessa camicia per due settimane. Nel suo caso, l'apparenza contava ben poco. Nel mio, contava molto, anche se andavo in guerra.”
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