“The world changes for men, Frances. For women, it stays pretty much the same.”
― The Women
― The Women
“Mental flexibility—the willingness to redraw boundaries, to notice that a system has shifted into a new mode, to see how to redesign structure—is a necessity when you live in a world of flexible systems.”
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
“Hope is a fickle, dangerous thing. It steals your focus and aims it toward the possibilities instead of keeping it where it belongs—on the probabilities.”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
“phages,” which was short for “bacteriophages,” meaning bacteria-eaters.”
― The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
― The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
“We were the last believers, my generation. We trusted what our parents taught us about right and wrong, good and evil, the American myth of equality and justice and honor.”
― The Women
― The Women
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