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Hope Jahren quotes: Any sign that the newbie regarded his or her time as of any value whatsoever was a bad omen,

Any sign that the newbie regarded his or her time as of any value whatsoever was a bad omen,

Hope Jahren quotes: Ain't no reason for you to be in all that pain.

Ain't no reason for you to be in all that pain.

Hope Jahren quotes: A CACTUS DOESN'T LIVE in the desert because it likes the desert; it lives there because the desert hasn't killed it yet.

A CACTUS DOESN'T LIVE in the desert because it likes the desert; it lives there because the desert hasn't killed it yet.

Hope Jahren quotes: One-third of the Earth's land used to be covered in forest. Every ten years, we cut down about 1 percent of this total forest, never to be regrown.

One-third of the Earth's land used to be covered in forest. Every ten years, we cut down about 1 percent of this total forest, never to be regrown.

Hope Jahren quotes: The Bible is always short on details. Didn't Stephen's innate sense of self-preservation thwart his martyrdom at all?

The Bible is always short on details. Didn't Stephen's innate sense of self-preservation thwart his martyrdom at all?

Hope Jahren quotes: No writer in the world agonizes over words the way a scientist does. Terminology is everything:

No writer in the world agonizes over words the way a scientist does. Terminology is everything:

Hope Jahren quotes: FOR TREES THAT LIVE in the snow, winter is a journey. Plants do not travel through

FOR TREES THAT LIVE in the snow, winter is a journey. Plants do not travel through

Hope Jahren quotes: You may think a mushroom is a fungus. This is exactly like believing that a penis is a man.

You may think a mushroom is a fungus. This is exactly like believing that a penis is a man.

Hope Jahren quotes: It wasn't until I was seventeen and moved away to college that I discovered how the world is mostly populated by strangers. When

It wasn't until I was seventeen and moved away to college that I discovered how the world is mostly populated by strangers. When

Hope Jahren quotes: I didn't foresee anything that might kill me that day, and not getting killed was my new bar for what constituted a good day.

I didn't foresee anything that might kill me that day, and not getting killed was my new bar for what constituted a good day.

Hope Jahren quotes: All the sugar that you have ever eaten was first made within a leaf.

All the sugar that you have ever eaten was first made within a leaf.

Hope Jahren quotes: after a man reaches ninety-five and hasn't died yet, the people around him become lulled into believing that he never will.

after a man reaches ninety-five and hasn't died yet, the people around him become lulled into believing that he never will.

Hope Jahren quotes: Every kiss that I give my child heals one that I had ached for but was not given - indeed, it has turned out to be the only thing that

Every kiss that I give my child heals one that I had ached for but was not given - indeed, it has turned out to be the only thing that ever could.

Hope Jahren quotes: It was kind of tragic, I reflected, that we all spent our lives working but never really got good at our work, or even finished it.

It was kind of tragic, I reflected, that we all spent our lives working but never really got good at our work, or even finished it.

Hope Jahren quotes: My strongest memory of our garden is not how it smelled, or even looked, but how it sounded.

My strongest memory of our garden is not how it smelled, or even looked, but how it sounded.

Hope Jahren quotes: America says it loves science, but it sure as hell doesn't want to pay for it.

America says it loves science, but it sure as hell doesn't want to pay for it.

Hope Jahren quotes: I used to pray to be made stronger; now I pray to be made grateful. Every

I used to pray to be made stronger; now I pray to be made grateful. Every

Hope Jahren quotes: A new mind-set became imperative:

A new mind-set became imperative:

Hope Jahren quotes: Tiny but determined, I navigated the confusing and unstable path of being what you are while knowing that it's more than people want to see. Back

Tiny but determined, I navigated the confusing and unstable path of being what you are while knowing that it's more than people want to see. Back

Hope Jahren quotes: No matter what you say while in the hospital, doctors won't laugh at your jokes.

No matter what you say while in the hospital, doctors won't laugh at your jokes.

Hope Jahren quotes: My lab is a place where it matters if I get hurt.

My lab is a place where it matters if I get hurt.

Hope Jahren quotes: The gamble is everything, and losing means death. The odds are more than a million to one against success.

The gamble is everything, and losing means death. The odds are more than a million to one against success.

Hope Jahren quotes: I hear my own voice shrieking out its bewilderment at finding so many imperfections within a world of limitless potential.

I hear my own voice shrieking out its bewilderment at finding so many imperfections within a world of limitless potential.

Hope Jahren quotes: Everything about my life looked pretty well messed up compared with how adulthood had always been advertised to me. I

Everything about my life looked pretty well messed up compared with how adulthood had always been advertised to me. I

Hope Jahren quotes: So humor me for a minute, and look out your window. What did you see?

So humor me for a minute, and look out your window. What did you see?

Hope Jahren quotes: I am humiliated in my need, even to myself.

I am humiliated in my need, even to myself.

Hope Jahren quotes: She then turns to Clint. "That being said, if something happens to you, like you faint, we will kick you to the side and keep going.

She then turns to Clint. "That being said, if something happens to you, like you faint, we will kick you to the side and keep going.

Hope Jahren quotes: These plants know that when your world is changing rapidly, it is important to have identified the one thing that you can always count upon.

These plants know that when your world is changing rapidly, it is important to have identified the one thing that you can always count upon.

Hope Jahren quotes: It was a new idea, my first real leaf. Just like every other audacious seedling in the world, I would make it up as I went along.

It was a new idea, my first real leaf. Just like every other audacious seedling in the world, I would make it up as I went along.

Hope Jahren quotes: Working in a lab for twenty years has left me with two stories: the one that I have to write, and the one that I want to. Science is an

Working in a lab for twenty years has left me with two stories: the one that I have to write, and the one that I want to. Science is an institution

Hope Jahren quotes: I wanted to be studying plant growth, but science for war will always pay better than science for knowledge.

I wanted to be studying plant growth, but science for war will always pay better than science for knowledge.

Hope Jahren quotes: it is a hard-hearted monkey indeed that remains unmoved during a good slathering of bacitracin, and

it is a hard-hearted monkey indeed that remains unmoved during a good slathering of bacitracin, and

Hope Jahren quotes: Along the way, we also managed to become adults without ceasing to be children.

Along the way, we also managed to become adults without ceasing to be children.

Hope Jahren quotes: People don't know to make a leaf, but they know how to destroy one.

People don't know to make a leaf, but they know how to destroy one.

Hope Jahren quotes: I wonder who else in the world was having such an exquisite dawn.

I wonder who else in the world was having such an exquisite dawn.

Hope Jahren quotes: Being paid to wonder seems like a heavy responsibility at times.

Being paid to wonder seems like a heavy responsibility at times.

Hope Jahren quotes: When you grow up around people who don't speak very much, what they do say to you is indelible.

When you grow up around people who don't speak very much, what they do say to you is indelible.

Hope Jahren quotes: The doctors, nurses, and I didn't cry because the bewildered husbands and stricken daughters were crying enough for all of us.

The doctors, nurses, and I didn't cry because the bewildered husbands and stricken daughters were crying enough for all of us.

Hope Jahren quotes: Every object in my lab - no matter how small or misshapen - exists for a reason, even if its purpose has not yet been found. My

Every object in my lab - no matter how small or misshapen - exists for a reason, even if its purpose has not yet been found. My

Hope Jahren quotes: People are like plants: they grow toward the light.

People are like plants: they grow toward the light.

Hope Jahren quotes: The surface area of this root system is easily one hundred times greater than that of all the leaves put together.

The surface area of this root system is easily one hundred times greater than that of all the leaves put together.

Hope Jahren quotes: However much you love your job, it ain't gonna love you back.

However much you love your job, it ain't gonna love you back.

Hope Jahren quotes: He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.

He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.

Hope Jahren quotes: Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.

Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.

Hope Jahren quotes: Did the very first flowers make the dinosaurs sneeze?

Did the very first flowers make the dinosaurs sneeze?

Hope Jahren quotes: It takes a long time to turn into what you're supposed to be.

It takes a long time to turn into what you're supposed to be.

Hope Jahren quotes: It's inescapable: at this very moment, within the synapses of your brain, leaves are fueling thoughts of leaves. A

It's inescapable: at this very moment, within the synapses of your brain, leaves are fueling thoughts of leaves. A

Hope Jahren quotes: You shouldn't take this job too seriously. Except for when you should.

You shouldn't take this job too seriously. Except for when you should.

Hope Jahren quotes: And because I know the transcendent value of loyalty, I've been to places that a person can't get to any other way.

And because I know the transcendent value of loyalty, I've been to places that a person can't get to any other way.

Hope Jahren quotes: discovery and mischief are two sides of the very same coin.

discovery and mischief are two sides of the very same coin.

Hope Jahren quotes: Like anyone else who harbors precious secrets wrought from years of searching, I have longed for someone to tell.

Like anyone else who harbors precious secrets wrought from years of searching, I have longed for someone to tell.

Hope Jahren quotes: I have learned that raising a child is essentially one long, slow agony of letting go.

I have learned that raising a child is essentially one long, slow agony of letting go.