Mary Roach Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I've been writing full-time since about 1984 - mostly magazine features and columns.”

“It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software glitch.”

“Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter.”

“People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.”

“Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like, and we assume our pets like what we like. We're wrong.”

“The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.”

“To me, death is dark, pain, grief.”

“When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.”

“Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.”

“Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food.”