Quotes by : Mary Roach

It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated....

It tastes like water spiked with strange.

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say.....

There, just beyond his open palm, was our mother’s face. I wasn’t expecting it. We hadn’t requested....

think of it.' said Robert Rosenbluth, a doctor whose acquaintance i made at the start of this book. 'no....

The human digestive tract is like the Amtrak line from Seattle to Los Angeles: transit time is about....

Masters points out that the heterosexuals were at a disadvantage, as they do not benefit from what he....

It's called the FATLOSE trail. FATLOSE stands for 'Fecal Administration To LOSE weight,' an example of....

No one goes out to play anymore. Simulation is becoming reality.

We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between....