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We understand the encoding of genetic sequences, the folding of proteins to construct the cells of the body, and even a good deal about how epigenetic switches control these processes. And yet we still do not understand what happens when we
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“Do a loony-goony dance
'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before.”
― A Light in the Attic
'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before.”
― A Light in the Attic
“There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus. It was strange to see Takver take a leaf into her hand, or even a rock. She became an extension of it, it of her.”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”
― Julian
― Julian
“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Rashomon and Other Stories
― Rashomon and Other Stories
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
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