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“The Jewish philosopher Spinoza said that God did not necessarily make the universe, but that God is the universe. The unfolding of the universe is God in action. Which would mean science and math are a part of God.” “And we are a part of God because we are a part of the universe,” Vanessa said. “Or better yet, we are the universe. I would go so far as to say that as human beings, we are less of a who and more of a when. We are a moment in time—when all of our cells have come together in this body. But our atoms were many things before, and they will be many things after.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“She had no desire to add her name to a list like that, in part because the idea that astronomy advances because of any one great mind struck her as simplistic. It was a collective pursuit, groups and cultures building upon and learning from what came before them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“Persistence. Highly underrated in women. Overrated in men, but underrated in women.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere