We Are All Made of Glue Quotes

“In my country we say that ignorance is the warm bath in which it is comfortable to sit but dangerous to lie down.”
― Marina Lewycka, We Are All Made of Glue

“There is no solution. I can see no possibility of peace in my lifetime. So long as they continue with their attacks, we will continue our defenses. We are trapped in tits for tats. It is impossible for someone so sensitive like myself to live life this way.”
― Marina Lewycka, We Are All Made of Glue

“Now I had discovered something even better - polymerisation depends on sharing. An atom which is short of an electron looks out for another atom that's got the right sort of electron (it's called covalency, for the chemically inclined), then the atom grabs the electron it needs. But no theft or nastiness is involved. Two atoms end up sharing the electron, and that's what holds all the atoms together in one beautiful long endlessly repeating dance - the beauty of glue!”
― Marina Lewycka, We Are All Made of Glue

“I started thinking about bivalves living down there in the dappled light, how they filter the algae from the water, how they close themselves up against the sea. It must be wonderful to be a bivalve, to be able to shut yourself away in your own mother-of-pearl-lined world, hanging on to the rock while the waves and tides churn outside. Ms Firestorm showed up to help me out. Cloistered in their shimmering watery depths, the loyal bivalves cling passionately together... Yes, we could learn a lot from bivalves.”
― Marina Lewycka, We Are All Made of Glue