Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to. Mary Roach More Quotes by Mary Roach More Quotes From Mary Roach Gravity disappears again, and we rise up off the floor like spooks from a grave. It's like the Rapture in here every thirty seconds. Mary Roach thirty disappear graves The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.) Mary Roach blame care dog In my whole life, I've never vomited from seeing something disgusting. Does it really even happen, outside of movies and TV? I believe it may be a myth. Mary Roach tvs doe believe The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's a challenge. Mary Roach challenges easy writing All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession. Mary Roach obsession research book You won't see me writing about particle physics, or even planetary geology, or chemistry. I practically failed chemistry, and if I had to write a book in any of those areas, I don't think it would go well. Mary Roach writing book thinking My books are not really books; theyre endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles. Mary Roach databases medical book Normally I object to strangers beaming force fields into my brain. Mary Roach force-fields stranger brain You do not question an author who appears on the title page as "T.V.N. Persaud, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), F.F.Path. (R.C.P.I.), F.A.C.O.G. Mary Roach titles pages path Every mode of travel has its signature mental aberration. Mary Roach aberration signatures travel Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It’s like fashion, like everything’s already been invented, and somebody stumbles onto it and people will always, always be looking for an answer for some vague illness they can’t get a diagnosis for. Mary Roach fashion crazy people There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars. Mary Roach mars people years To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people. Mary Roach strange kingdoms people All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you? Mary Roach oakland clothes california In the words of the late Francis Crick...You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. (13) Mary Roach ambition memories science For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over. Mary Roach stones fun interesting I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that. Mary Roach heart writing people If you could really guarantee that the money would be spent on something more worthwhile, I'd say, absolutely, scrap the space program, but it never works that way. Mary Roach guarantees-that space way Death. It doesn't have to be boring. Mary Roach boring death When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and cleaned bathrooms and buffed the hallway linoleum. Oddly, I don't recall hating the job. I recall getting choked up at the end of the summer when I went to turn in my uniform and say goodbye to the ladies. Mary Roach pink end job goodbye