"The Signature of All Things" Quotes
"The Signature of All Things" follows the life of Alma Whittaker, a botanist and independent woman, as she explores the world of science, love, and self-discovery.
fiction | 501 pages | Published in 2013
Quotes
He was a man of science, and he knew that love was nothing more than the human heart's delusion that one needed another's body to survive.
In the end, Alma learns the hardest lesson of all: that her hunger is a part of her, and always will be.
There is no end to the beauty of the world, and every day is an adventure.
There is no saying what will happen next in this world, but one thing is certain—you can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.
Alma had always been a peculiar child, a fact that her parents often found trying.
The world is an utterly fascinating and endlessly worthy place, and our curiosity draws us through its wonders.
One of the great joys of life is creativity.
The trouble with passion is, it can make you do some pretty stupid things.
The more of the world I saw, the more I became convinced that I had been born into the wrong family, the wrong country, the wrong century.
Life is so unspeakably beautiful that the spirit of it can hardly be thought, much less put into words.
