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We Are All Made of Molecules QUOTES

We Are All Made of Molecules QUOTES

1 " 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

2 " Different people are smart in different ways. "

― Susin Nielsen , We Are All Made of Molecules

3 " 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

4 " 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

5 " Everything, and everyone, is interconnected. "

― Susin Nielsen , We Are All Made of Molecules

6 " 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

7 " 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

8 " 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

9 " 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

10 " 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

11 " 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

12 " Did you ever really love us? Or was that a lie, too? "

― Susin Nielsen , We Are All Made of Molecules

13 " 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

14 " 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

15 " 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

16 " If your friends have a problem with it, then they're clearly not your friends. "

― Susin Nielsen , We Are All Made of Molecules

17 " 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

18 " 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

19 " 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

20 " I wasn't just happy; I was over the moon. "

― Susin Nielsen , We Are All Made of Molecules