"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true. "
— Meredith Grey

"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away. "
— Meredith Grey

"Because I believe that, we can be extraordinary together rather than ordinary apart."
— Meredith grey - grey's anatomy

"I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the line. It would be nice if you could see it coming, and I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can. And as for rules, maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself. "
— Meredith Grey

"The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan."
— Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers)

"The spirits of the brain are directly connected to the testicles. This is why men who weary their imagination in books are less suitable for procreative functions..."
— Louis de la Forge

"Thou knewst the wondrous art,
And order of each part
In the whole lump, how every sense
Contributes to the health's defense
The severall Channells which convey,
The vitall current every way,
Tracks wise Nature everywhere,
In every region, every sphere,
Fathomest the mistery
Of deepe Anatomy.
The unactive carcasse thou hadst preyd upon,
And stript it to a skeleton,
But now alas! The art is gone,
And now on thee
The Crawling Worms experience their Anatomy.

eulogy of Thomas Willis (1621-1675) by Nathaniel Williams

Note: A strange immortality has been achieved by discoverers of various parts and mechanisms of the human body. Consider the Golgi apparatus or the Canals of Schlemm, for example. These names charmed me in anatomy class and I've been desultorily researching the biographies of their discoverers, which has led to an interesting title to include on my to-read list, The Soul Made Flesh "
— Nathaniel Williams