Kenia

“Nothing in these growth curves tells us what a tree should look like, only what trees have looked like. Every plant must find its own unique path to maturity. There”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“There at the end of the world, he danced in the broad and endless daylight, and I accepted him for what he was, instead of for what he wished he could be. The potency of my acceptance made me wonder, just a little, if I could turn it inward and accept myself.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“I know that I could live without him: I have my own work, my own mission, and my own money. But I don’t want to. I really don’t want to.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“Nothing could alter the overwhelming sweetness of briefly holding a small secret that the universe had earmarked just for me.”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl