Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

He managed to lift his head just in time to see the wheels of a patrol car bump up over Calvin’s body.

😮 OMG

She knew being mad at him was unfair, but grief is like that: arbitrary.

the reduction of women to something less than men, and the elevation of men to something more than women, is not biological: it’s cultural. And it starts with two words: pink and blue. Everything skyrockets out of control from there.”

“What do you do that you don’t feel like doing?” Harriet closed her eyes. She pictured Mr. Sloane.

“You have every right to believe what you want to believe, but you shouldn’t force your belief on others,

Discrimination based on skin color is not only scientifically ludicrous, it’s also a sign of profound ignorance.”

People are welcome to believe whatever they want as long as their beliefs don’t hurt others.

‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change’?”

Love the meaning in this. Its saying we can't control everything so sometimes we have to relinquish control.

“This concludes your introduction to chemistry,”