"Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary."
You don't love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
The ability to edit genes is a profound responsibility—one we must approach with humility.
"What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music."