Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

while we may be born into families, it doesn’t necessarily mean we belong to them.”

When one is raised on a steady diet of sorrow, it’s hard to imagine that others might have had an even larger serving.

Idiots make it into every company. They tend to interview well.

Your relatives can’t make you important or smart. They can’t make you you.” “What makes me me, then?” “What you choose to do. How you live your life.”