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we are all now descended from a single mitochondrial ancestor – a woman who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago. You may have heard her referred to as Mitochondrial Eve. She is, in a sense, mother of us all.
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“The painter spends her time in solitude and contemplation categorizing losses and regrets trying to determine if there was ever anything she could have done to prevent any of them or if they simply passed through her life and out again like waves upon a shore.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“And yet Arthur had Merlin. And Merlin had an idea. And so Arthur listened”
― Lancelot
― Lancelot
“we are all now descended from a single mitochondrial ancestor – a woman who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago. You may have heard her referred to as Mitochondrial Eve. She is, in a sense, mother of us all.”
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
― The Body: A Guide for Occupants
J A Boler’s 2025 Year in Books
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