Hope Jahren, Lab Girl Quotes

I have accepted that I don't know all the things that I ought to know, but I do know things that I need to know.

Once your baby tree is in the ground, check it daily, because the first three years are critical. Remember that you are your tree's only friend in a hostile world.

My mother taught me that reading is a kind of work, and that every paragraph merits exertion, and in this way, I learned how to absorb difficult books.

People don't know to make a leaf, but they know how to destroy one.

Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.

I wonder who else in the world was having such an exquisite dawn.

Being paid to wonder seems like a heavy responsibility at times.