Shay

“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

“Along the way, we also managed to become adults without ceasing to be children.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. She and the rebel angels, the followers of wisdom, have always tried to open minds; the Authority and his churches have always tried to keep them closed.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass