30 Quotes by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

With its mysterious, fluid movement, the snail was the quintessential tai chi master.

We all have some genes that for unknown reasons are in the “off” mode; perhaps scientists will someday figure out how to flip these switches, and we’ll each be able to choose other interesting animal traits: a tail, striped fur, wings, or even gastropod tentacles.

While illness keeps me always aware of my mortality, I realize that what matters most is not that I survive, nor even that my species survives, but that life itself continues to evolve.