“It would be an exaggeration to say I'm not afraid of death, but I'm no...” — Christian de Duve Quote

“It would be an exaggeration to say I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of what comes after, because I'm not a believer.”

“We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.”

“life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.”

“My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.”

“For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.”

“There is a child - a baby - who long since kicked off her blankets. Her skin is ashen and her mouth open in a perpetual yet silent scream. She isn't old enough to roll over, to sit up, to climb. So she lies there kicking her fat legs against the footboard of the crib, eternally calling for her mother. For food. For flesh.”