I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things.

I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.

A great advantage of X-ray analysis as a method of chemical structure analysis is its power to show some totally unexpected and surprising structure with, at the same time, complete certainty.

The detailed geometry of the coenzyme molecule as a whole is fascinating in its complexity.

Still I had a lurking question. Would it not be better if one could really 'see' whether molecules as complicated as the sterols, or strychnine were just as experiment suggested?

In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.

People are afraid to merge.

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

The next time someone says "This sounds great, but I just don't have the TIME..." Look them straight in the eye, smile warmly, and ask, "Would you like to change that?"

I seem to enjoy telling stories with a central absence, with a lacuna tunnelled into them.

If you don't have the best people you hurt everyone.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding.