Intuition Quotes

“Women hate each other in science. You know why? Because the few that are around were trained by men. They survived by being twice as good and twice as competitive and twice as badass as the guys.”
― Allegra Goodman, Intuition: A Novel

“Talent and intelligence, not to mention tireless hard work, got lab scientists through the door, but—this was the dirty secret—you needed luck.”
― Allegra Goodman, Intuition

“Robin, he chided her. He wanted to tell her all this would happen to her, too, that her luck would turn as well. But he had no good arguments for this, and she had no reason to believe him. Such luck as his was far too rare.
“I hope it all works out,” she said, looking up, and then, as if afraid to sound too stingy, she added, “I’m sure it will.”
He bent down to kiss her, but she turned away slightly, and his lips brushed her ear as he whispered, “Please be happy for me.”
― Allegra Goodman, Intuition: A Novel