Chapter Fifty Eight: The Chemist

The meeting of two personalities is like the

contact of two chemical substances:

if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Carl Gustav Jung

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No, this trick won't work . . .

How on earth are you ever going to explain

in terms of chemistry and physics so important

a biological phenomenon as first love?

Albert Einstein

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Let me tell you, you either have chemistry or

you don't, and you better have it, or it's like

kissing some relative. 

But chemistry, listen to me,

you better be careful. Chemistry is like those

perfume ads, the ones that look so interesting

and mysterious but you don't even know at first

what they're even selling. Or those menus

without the prices. Mystery and intrigue are

gonna cost you. Great looking might mean

something ve-ry expensive, and I don't mean

money. What I am saying is, chemistry is

a place to start, not an end point.

Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

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A woman or man of value doesn't love you

because of what he or she wants you to be or

do for them. He or she loves you because your

combined souls understand one another,

complements each other, and make sense above

any other person in this world. You each share

a part of their soul's mirror and see each other's

light reflected in it clearly. You can easily speak

from the heart and feel safe doing so. Both of

you have been travelling a parallel road your

entire life. Without each other's presence, you

feel like an old friend or family member was lost.

It bothers you, not because you have given it

too much meaning, but because God did. This is

the type of person you don't have to fight for

because you can't get rid of them and your heart

doesn't want them to leave anyways.

Shannon L. Alder

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In science, we must be interested in things, not

in persons. I am one of those who think like

Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Marie Curie

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Together, we form a necessary paradox,

not a senseless contradiction.

Criss Jami, Healology

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THE MAXIMS OF MEDICINE:

Before you examine the body of a patient,

Be patient to know his story.

For once you learn his story,

You will also come to know

His body.

Before you dignose any sickness,

Make sure there is no sickness in the

mind or heart.

For the emotions in a man's moon or

sun,

Can point to the sickness in

Any one of his other parts.

Before you treat any man with a

condition,

Know that not all cures can heal all

people.

For the chemistry that works on one

patient,

May not work for the next,

Because even medicine has its own

Conditions,

Before asserting a prognosis on any 

patient,

Always be objective and never

subjective.

For telling a man that he will win the

treasure of life,

But then later discovering that he

will lose,

Will harm him more than by telling

him

That he may lose,

But then he wins.

Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun:

The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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Mathenatics is the cheapest science.

Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require

any expensive equipment.

All one needs for mathematics

is a pencil and paper.

Polya George

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I realized it was like a dating agency:

the ions are the lost souls looking for mates;

the electrolyte is the agency that can help them

find each other.

Victoria Finlay, Jewels: A Secret History

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The Chapter is sponsored by New Balance.