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1 " I'd let her sell it to Dad. They tended not to contradict each other so if one of them had already said "yes" it usually meant "yes." If one of them said "no", ditto--which was why I'd asked Mom first. "
― Steven Gould , Impulse (Jumper, #3)
2 " You’re not responsible for the evil others do,” Dad said. "
3 " Oh? Where?” “Africa.” Davy winced. Second largest continent. Over a billion people. Fifty-six countries. You could overlay all of the U.S., China, India, and Europe on Africa’s landmass. "
4 " I thought, Or maybe drowning wasn’t as scary as what they had to face every day. "
5 " What is the bit with the difference between the intron and the extron?” “That’s exon. Not extron.” “Exxon is an oil company.” “Do you want an answer? One ‘X’ not two. The introns are not coded into proteins. The exons are.” “It should be extron. A little robot that makes proteins.” “Well, the introns have something to do with regulating the expression of the genes, if that makes you feel any better. But it’s exons that get translated into proteins. "
6 " The separation was an act of will harder to overcome than mere distance. "
7 " He had no intention whatsoever of sleeping in that house. Why, people could probably drive right up to it! "
8 " Freon isn’t poisonous, Dad.” “No. But it will kill you dead, just the same. "
9 " Unintended consequences. "