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Quote #4
"Think of it as an experiment," I say. "What'd you say before about the scientific method?"
This gets me a small smile.
"Scientists shouldn't experiment on themselves," she counters.
"Not even for the greater good?" I ask. "For furthering mankind's knowledge of itself?"
This gets me a big laugh. (88)
Daniel’s strategy to get Natasha to fall in love with him could not be more perfectly tailored to the budding data scientist. She can’t turn down the opportunity to test all her cynical theories.
Quote #5
"I really don't know. I guess I'm more interested in why people feel like they have to believe in God. Why can't it just be science? Science is wondrous. The night sky? Amazing. The inside of a human cell? Incredible. Something that tells us we're born bad and that people use to justify all their petty prejudices and awfulness. I dunno. I guess I believe in science. Science is enough." (273)
Natasha has such an interesting, unique, well-defended perspective on faith and science. Author Nicola Yoon is no joke, and she’s definitely not playing with kid gloves for the sake of a YA novel.
Quote #6
I head right over to my favorite of all the meteorites—Ahnighito....The surface is metal-cold and pockmarked from thousands of tiny impacts. I close my eyes, let my fingers dip in and out of the divots. It's hard to believe that this hunk of iron is from outer space. Harder still to believe that it contains the origins of the solar system. This room is my church, and standing on this platform is my pillar. Touching this rock is the closest I ever come to believing in God. (202)
Some people experience God when they hear a particular song; Natasha feels like God might exist when she touches a giant space rock. Hey, to each their own.