We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mother’s birth canal and we howl. Then the world starts in on us.
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
Credits: Photograph:on montague via Katy Elliot. Quote Source: Precious Things
One of my favorite books of the year..
Susan is reading it now. I haven’t started it yet. I need to get to it…
Amazing visual, incredible writer. So visceral…
Back to back recommendations. I’m on it. Thank you.
and some of us never stop howling –
Funny, and True.
Such a powerful book, one of the best I`ve read …
Third recommendation in this line of comments. I need to get reading Neja. Thanks for the push.
Then the world starts in on us — for better and for worse not for better or for worst
Yes, well stated LouAnn.
Oh, that book is on my list, and had forgotten, and have just begun the craving of a good read…serendipity! And she’s off….to buy, download and begin in the next day or so! Thanks DK! 🙂
Ps…I already have it!! Ahhh! I charged the Kindle and there it was! I am so ahead of myself, I am behind! 🙂
Funny. I have too many books hidden in my Kindle. I periodically take a wander around and I’m shocked at how many are sitting there.