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About Mary Roach
American author of popular science and humor
Mary Roach is an American author of popular science and humor. She is known for writing bestselling books that turn science into accessible, often playful nonfiction. 138 quotes on the site. Her books include Stiff, Spook, Bonk, Packing for Mars, Gulp, Grunt, Fuzz, and Replaceable You, all New York Times bestsellers. Her work often explores unusual corners of science, from human cadavers and the afterlife to sex, space, digestion, war, nature, and anatomy.
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- “I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague, nagging…”Mary Roach
- “Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tet…”Mary Roach
- “There, just beyond his open palm, was our mother’s face. I wasn’t expecting it. We hadn’t requested a viewing…”Mary Roach
- “I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts abo…”Mary Roach
Explore Duty
- “Stab me if you can enjoy it - but not if it feels like a duty. Stab me vertically if I’m lying down and horiz…”Steve Aylett
- “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this…”Thomas Paine
- “When I was a rookie, I had to shag balls out of the stands. It was my rookie duty.”Brittney Griner
Explore Reading
- “Last reason for reading horror: it’s a rehearsal for death. It’s a way to get ready. People say there’s nothi…”Stephen King
- “I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differen…”Ursula K. Le Guin
- “Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.”Francis Bacon
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Books by Mary Roach
Stiff
2004
Bonk
2008
Packing for Mars
2011
Grunt
2016
Gulp
2014