Yet if you don't understand the physiology of a biological system or process-like female sexual arousal-you can't possibly … - Mary Roach

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Keep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye.

Mary Roach

Yet if you don't understand the physiology of a biological system or process-like female sexual arousal-you can't possibly come up with a way to fix it when things go wrong. No one would have come up with a treatment for diabetes if physiologists hadn't figured out how metabolism, blood sugar, and insulin work.

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The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive, impractical outlays of cash prompted by nothing loftier than a species joining hands and saying “I bet we can do this. ” Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government red-lining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Let’s squander some on Mars. Let’s go out and play.

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It is the mind that speaks a woman's heart, not the vaginal walls.

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Death. It doesn't have to be boring.

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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.

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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. )

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