No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
Ruth OzekiBy the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq: By the time we know about it, it's almost a fait accompli. And that's certainly true with science.
Ruth OzekiAn unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.
Ruth OzekiIt was really a means-of-production problem. It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.
Ruth OzekiShe sat back on her heels and nodded. The thought experiment she proposed was certainly odd, but her point was simple. Everything in the universe was constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up and truly live our lives. Thatโs what it means to be a time being, old Jiko told me, and then she snapped her crooked fingers again. And just like that, you die.
Ruth Ozeki