46 Mary Roach Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mary Roach

American Author

Born: Mar 20, 1959

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They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable. It's not some hormonal change that happens at that age. Of course, it would be nice to have more physiological insight on that. Mary Roach

Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don't work for me. I like to cover science and unexpected things happening in labs. Also, theoretical research doesn't work for my style. I need scenes and interactions. Then, humor. I'm having the most fun when I can have fun with my work. Mary Roach

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To me, death is dark, pain, grief. Mary Roach

Death Me Grief Dark Pain

I'm a science goober. Mary Roach

Science

All of my books tend to be about things going on in labs that you wouldn't really expect. Mary Roach

You Books About Tend Expect Labs Going Really Things

Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But I don't really have it on my to-do list when I write a book. It just evolves naturally during the process of immersing yourself in a subject. Mary Roach

Though it's harder to justify the use of a cadaver for practicing nose jobs than it is for practicing coronary bypasses, it is justifiable nonetheless. Cosmetic surgery exists, for better or for worse, and it's important, for the sake of those who undergo it, that the surgeons who do it are able to do it well. Mary Roach

For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?' Mary Roach

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

Writing Magazine About Features Columns Since Mostly Been Full-Time

Weightlessness was unbelievable. It's physical euphoria: Nothing about you has any weight. You don't realize that you are weighed down all the time by yourself, and your organs, and your head. Your arms weigh down your shoulders. In space simulation, you get to fly like Superman! You're hanging in the air! It's the coolest thing. Mary Roach

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Flatulence peaks twice a day... five hours after lunch and five hours after dinner. Mary Roach

Day Dinner Lunch Hours Five After Twice Twice A Day Peaks

One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others'. My bedside is piled with books, but it's duty reading: books for book research, books for review. The ones I pine for are off on a shelf downstairs. Mary Roach

Mushy food is a form of sensory deprivation. In the same way that a dark, silent room will eventually drive you to hallucinate, the mind rebels against bland, single-texture foods, edibles that do not engage the oral device. Mary Roach

Day by day, I'm kind of a bore. Mary Roach

Day Kind Bore

Meteorite hunting is not for wimps. The best places to look are also the coldest and windiest. You need very old ice, and you need wind, lots of it, strong and unrelenting. Antarctica fits the bill. Mary Roach

Best You Strong Old Wind Hunting Wimps Unrelenting Look Also Antarctica Lots Fits Very Ice Places Bill Need

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