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“On the moon, where there is no air to slow things down, the astronaut David R. Scott performed the feather and lead weight experiment and found that indeed they did hit the ground at the same time.”

“The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe .”

"If you want it, you can have a totally rewarding career that makes you real money and allows you to stay true to the misfit you really are. You're just going to have to make overcome some bullshit first." ~ Need a highlighter every five minutes with rigid book

"You asked to have the attic bedroom, she told herself savagely.--Mother let you have it because you're the oldest. It's a privilege, not a punishment." And I'm transported right back to age 12, afraid, confused, proud, alone--grown.

I have to recommend this book to every single woman, man, and person I possibly can. If you love literature, start at the beginning. If you are looking for insight - or solidarity, depending on your circumstance - into history, diversity, ethnicity, and humanity, start with the essay called "The Civil Rights Movement: What Good Was It?" and be moved to tears, to love - to hope.

Just put a bunch of addiction memoirs on my "to read" shelf. Hope no one gets the wrong idea...

re: the 9-5 world: "...swinging from one Saturday morning to another like a monkey at the zoo."

"...I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith..." ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"....as spontaneous as peristalsis and as interesting as the end product..."

"True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect. That's what I think, anyway." ~ (13-yr-old) Naoki Higashida