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“I don’t have hopes,” Mad explained, studying the address. “I have faith.” He looked at her in surprise. “Well, that’s a funny word to hear coming from you.” “How come?” “Because,” he said, “well, you know. Religion is based on faith.” “But you realize,” she said carefully, as if not to embarrass him further, “that faith isn’t based on religion. Right?”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“The animals we consider animals are far more advanced than the animals we are but don't consider ourselves to be.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“The problem, Calvin,” she asserted, “is that half the population is being wasted.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Too many brilliant minds are kept from scientific research thanks to ignorant biases like gender and race. It infuriates me and it should infuriate you. Science has big problems to solve: famine, disease, extinction. And those who purposefully close the door to others using self-serving, outdated cultural notions are not only dishonest, they’re knowingly lazy. Hastings Research Institute is full of them.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry