Gabi Hamner

“America says it loves science, but it sure as hell doesn't want to pay for it.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“People don't know to make a leaf, but they know how to destroy one.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“A seed is alive while it waits. Every acorn on the ground is just as alive as the three-hundred-year-old oak tree that towers over it. Neither the seed nor the old oak is growing; they are both just waiting. Their waiting differs, however, in that the seed is waiting to flourish while the tree is only waiting to die.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl