1. Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced
The Gene: An Intimate History
2. History repeats, but science reverberates.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
3. Illness might progressively vanish so might identity. Grief might be diminished, but so might tenderness. Traumas might be erased but so might history. Infirmities might disappear, but so might vulnerability. Chance would become mitigated, but so, inevitably, would choice.
The Gene: An Intimate History
4. In God we trust. All others [must] have data. - Bernard Fisher
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
5. Pierre and Marie (then Maria Sklodowska, a penniless Polish immigrant living in a garret in Paris) had met at the Sorbonne and been drawn to each other because of a common interest in magnetism.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
