I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Choice is a signature of our species.

Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.

Life is a thing that mutates without warning, not always in enviable ways. All part of the improbable adventure of being alive, of being a brainy biped with giant dreams on a crazy blue planet.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.