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21 " Each one helps us understand that our points of view are shaped by what we see, what we’ve been told, and, lastly, how we process it all. "
― Andrew Mayne , Murder Theory (The Naturalist, #3)
22 " I’m simply uncomfortable when everyone in the room gets uptight if they’re even asked to think about the morality of what’s being considered. "
23 " Joe Vik knew what he was. He saw that he was a monster in human skin and maintained that facade for as long as he could. "
24 " This is what scares me—the idea of becoming a monster without ever realizing it. "
25 " And you’re sucking up all our oxygen in here for what reason? "
26 " I’m wary of too-convenient explanations or mental boogeymen that exonerate us from being lazy and making bad choices, but I can’t deny that the evidence is growing that a number of behaviors and diseases may not be due to defects in our genes, but to the survival mechanisms of the biome within us. "
27 " meal together, their internal lives far more interesting than the ones they share with each other. "
28 " it’s not a gut instinct per se—it’s a neurological response triggered by one or more stimuli that are either unconscious or barely at our sensory threshold. "
29 " My curiosity was more powerful than my fear. "
30 " Authority.” I say the word as if it’s a foreign expression I’ve heard for the very first time. “What about me makes you think that’s a word I care for or yield to? "
31 " Good science requires having your ideas challenged, and that’s often difficult for the people whose paychecks you sign. "
32 " Cray, I’ve seen enough turkey shoots to know one when I see it. You set that little fucker up to dangle in the wind like a pro. "
33 " Want to give up saving the world and come play with me?” There is something utterly fearless about her that I admire. While I’ve been fretting about how to put my skills to better use for humanity and almost dying or getting imprisoned in the process, here’s a free spirit who’s decided to let the world figure its own shit out while she has a blast making a fortune’s worth of fuck-you money. "
34 " There’s an intelligence there, a raging fire of curiosity. "