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“Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― The Living
― The Living
“I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
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“Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?”
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Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?”
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“Science has taught me that everything is more complicated than we first assume, and that being able to derive happiness from discovery is a recipe for a beautiful life. It has also convinced me that carefully writing everything down is the only real defense we have against forgetting something important that once was and is no more, including the spruce tree that should have outlived me but did not.”
― Lab Girl
― Lab Girl
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