We Are All Made of Molecules Quotes

“I don't think it's gross. I think it's kind of beautiful. Everything, and everyone, is interconnected.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“Different people are smart in different ways.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“Everything, and everyone, is interconnected.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“Molecules are made of atoms. When someone dies, their molecules break down into smaller molecules as well as individual atoms. So, say a carbon atom is part of a molecule in a person's leg. When that person dies, that atom could become part of a molecule in something else, like a blooming flower, or even another human being. Or an oxygen atom in your sandwich could end up in a molecule as part of your brain.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“How could I explain to someone who hasn’t been a teenager for centuries that best friends are the ones who are most likely to use your darkest secrets against you one day, and stab you right in the back?”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“The word pass has become all the rage, hasn’t it? It’s like people don’t want to think about death at all, so they won’t even say the word.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“She told my parents I was gifted. My parents shared what she’d said, and I got very excited for a moment because I honestly thought being gifted involved getting gifts.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“If I am one hundred percent totally honest, I sometimes long for the olden days, when we were all just little dorks. Things are so much more complicated now.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“Because being gifted can also mean that you excel in some areas while you stink in others.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“But it is an interesting biological conundrum when one organ – in this case, my brain – tells me one thing, and another organ – in this case, my heart – tells me another.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“A part of us will always be sad, and that we will have to learn to live with it.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“I don’t think it’s weird to want to stay connected to my mom in any way I can. A lot of her molecules were floating around our old house, so I always felt connected to her there. But then we moved here, and I had to use a specific object to breathe in her molecules”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“We’re bringing a lot of stuff with us, but we can’t bring the mosaic stepping-stones my mom made that line the path in the backyard, or the flowers she planted, or her molecules, which I know still float through the air, because why else can I feel her presence all the time? It is what less scientifically minded people would call a “vibe,” and our house, even this long after her death, is still full to bursting with Mom’s vibe.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“For a long time he was Sad Dad twenty-four-seven, and I was Sad Stewart twenty-four-seven, and together we were Sad Squared, and it was just a big black hole of sadness.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“I took a deep breath. I thought of my mom. I reminded myself that I was doing this for her.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“And I just remember her. It's kind of like I'm collecting a bit of her soul.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“If your friends have a problem with it, then they're clearly not your friends.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“I realized I was feeling something I don't feel very often, and that is anger. I don't like feeling anger, I avoid it at all costs.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“Did you ever really love us? Or was that a lie, too?”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules

“I wasn't just happy; I was over the moon.”
― Susin Nielsen, We Are All Made of Molecules