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David Quammen quotes: Appearances have enormous importance, Mr. Kessler. The creation and maintenance of appearances. Appearances govern.

Appearances have enormous importance, Mr. Kessler. The creation and maintenance of appearances. Appearances govern.

David Quammen quotes: The swallow that hibernates underwater is a creature called yearning.

The swallow that hibernates underwater is a creature called yearning.

David Quammen quotes: I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later.

I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later.

David Quammen quotes: I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist.

I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist.

David Quammen quotes: A few monkeys and parrots were loose on the wreck, clambering hysterically toward nowhere. He saw several animals disappear into the flames.

A few monkeys and parrots were loose on the wreck, clambering hysterically toward nowhere. He saw several animals disappear into the flames.

David Quammen quotes: Know that walking into a small woodlot," he wrote, "is riskier than walking into a nearby large, extensive forest.

Know that walking into a small woodlot," he wrote, "is riskier than walking into a nearby large, extensive forest.

David Quammen quotes: And hopefully nothing will happen. But of course, as she well knew, something always does happen. It's just a question of what and when.

And hopefully nothing will happen. But of course, as she well knew, something always does happen. It's just a question of what and when.

David Quammen quotes: You can't take a knife on a plane anymore, but you can get on carrying a virus.

You can't take a knife on a plane anymore, but you can get on carrying a virus.

David Quammen quotes: By the cold Darwinian logic of natural selection, evolution codifies happenstance into strategy.

By the cold Darwinian logic of natural selection, evolution codifies happenstance into strategy.

David Quammen quotes: A plate of Ebola virions mixed with Hendra virions would resemble capellini in a light sauce of capers.

A plate of Ebola virions mixed with Hendra virions would resemble capellini in a light sauce of capers.

David Quammen quotes: a mutation in that strain might have made it especially aggressive, efficient, transmissible, and fierce.

a mutation in that strain might have made it especially aggressive, efficient, transmissible, and fierce.

David Quammen quotes: Two men, on opposite sides of the world, had made the same great discovery at the same time.

Two men, on opposite sides of the world, had made the same great discovery at the same time.

David Quammen quotes: Mathematics to me is like a language I don't speak though I admire its literature in translation.

Mathematics to me is like a language I don't speak though I admire its literature in translation.

David Quammen quotes: The protein wrap is known as a capsid. The

The protein wrap is known as a capsid. The

David Quammen quotes: Ideas - and where facts were scarce, directive questions. Other

Ideas - and where facts were scarce, directive questions. Other

David Quammen quotes: Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it

David Quammen quotes: People and gorillas, horses and duikers and pigs, monkeys and chimps and bats and viruses: We're all in this together.

People and gorillas, horses and duikers and pigs, monkeys and chimps and bats and viruses: We're all in this together.

David Quammen quotes: It testified, I suppose, to the genderless ferocity of her mind." "Why

It testified, I suppose, to the genderless ferocity of her mind." "Why

David Quammen quotes: Onward we climb. The upper slope is a crust of friable lava. It crunches like peanut brittle beneath our steps.

Onward we climb. The upper slope is a crust of friable lava. It crunches like peanut brittle beneath our steps.

David Quammen quotes: Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat.

Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat.

David Quammen quotes: But here's a bit of spoilsport historical reality: It wasn't the finches that inspired Darwin, it was the Mockingbirds.

But here's a bit of spoilsport historical reality: It wasn't the finches that inspired Darwin, it was the Mockingbirds.

David Quammen quotes: Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation.

Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation.

David Quammen quotes: Islands are where species go to die.

Islands are where species go to die.

David Quammen quotes: A high jeopardy of extinction comes with territory. Islands are where species go to die.

A high jeopardy of extinction comes with territory. Islands are where species go to die.

David Quammen quotes: In ecological terms, we are almost paradoxical: large-bodied and long-lived but grotesquely abundant. We are an outbreak.

In ecological terms, we are almost paradoxical: large-bodied and long-lived but grotesquely abundant. We are an outbreak.

David Quammen quotes: Their most telling improvement involved a fundamental parameter: population size of the hosts.

Their most telling improvement involved a fundamental parameter: population size of the hosts.

David Quammen quotes: It wasn't a petty squabble. It was a big squabble, in which pettiness played no small part.

It wasn't a petty squabble. It was a big squabble, in which pettiness played no small part.

David Quammen quotes: The basic point is so important I'll repeat it: RNA viruses mutate profligately.

The basic point is so important I'll repeat it: RNA viruses mutate profligately.

David Quammen quotes: Two aspects of a virus in action: transmissibility and virulence. These

Two aspects of a virus in action: transmissibility and virulence. These

David Quammen quotes: He succeeded in staying out of exactly and only those forms of postadolescent trouble that were not winked at, sating himself with those that were.

He succeeded in staying out of exactly and only those forms of postadolescent trouble that were not winked at, sating himself with those that were.

David Quammen quotes: I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.

I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.

David Quammen quotes: Disappointment, in science, is sometimes a gateway to insight.

Disappointment, in science, is sometimes a gateway to insight.

David Quammen quotes: The most serious outbreak on the planet earth is that of the species Homo sapiens.

The most serious outbreak on the planet earth is that of the species Homo sapiens.