Literature Quotes
Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations for future scholars."Shinya Yamanaka
"Literature captures the universal in the particular."Stanley Cohen
"Literature is the most beautiful way to express human experience."Herbert Boyer
"Literature is the immortality of the soul."Herbert Boyer
"Literature is the mirror of society."Kary Mullis
"Literature mirrors the human condition."Fred Sanger
"Literature connects us across time and culture."Fred Sanger
"In the language of biology, every life form tells a different story."John Gurdon
"Life is a story written in the alphabet of amino acids and DNA."John Gurdon
"Literature preserves the voice of the ages."Fred Sanger
"I believe that literature and science speak the same truth in different languages."Shinya Yamanaka
"Literature is the mirror in which we see ourselves."Kary Mullis
"Literature reveals the depths of human experience."John Kendrew
"Literature and science share a common goal—to illuminate human experience."Fred Sanger
"Literature about science should be as precise as the science itself."Fred Sanger
"Literature and science are two ways of reading the human heart."John Kendrew
"Literature captures truths that equations cannot express."John Kendrew
"In literature and in science, the best stories reveal fundamental truths."John Kendrew
"Literature about science should inspire rather than merely inform."John Kendrew
"Literature captures the essence of human experience."Elie Metchnikoff
"Literature preserves the human spirit across ages."Elie Metchnikoff
"Literature and science both seek to understand the human condition."Jonas Salk
"Literature records our victories; science ensures we keep winning."Albert Sabin
"Literature preserves the stories of those we save through vaccination."Albert Sabin
"The literature of science is written in the language of nature itself."Max Perutz
"The scientist and the poet speak the same language—the language of seeing."John Kendrew
"Literature and science both seek to explore the human condition."Jonas Salk
"Literature shows us the infinite ways human nature expresses itself."Elie Metchnikoff
"Literature teaches us what science has yet to measure."Elie Metchnikoff
"The genetic code is the greatest book ever written—authored by evolution."Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard