When people asked him why he didn't work with those viruses, he replied, I don't particularly feel like dying.
Richard PrestonTo mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax.
Richard PrestonWhat can the redwoods tell us about ourselves? Well, I think they can tell us something about human time. The flickering, transitory quality of human time and the brevity of human life - the necessity to love.
Richard Preston