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“Elizabeth Zott held grudges too. Except her grudges were mainly reserved for a patriarchal society founded on the idea that women were less. Less capable. Less intelligent. Less inventive. A society that believed men went to work and did important things—discovered planets, developed products, created laws—and women stayed at home and raised children.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Unlike ink, graphite is erasable. People make mistakes, Mr. Roth. Pencil allows one to clear the mistake and move on. Scientists expect mistakes and, because of it, we embrace failure.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“When one is raised on a steady diet of sorrow, it’s hard to imagine that others might have had an even larger serving.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“A man can make lunch, Mr. Pine. It is not biologically impossible.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry