469 Quotes About Cells



  • Author Barbara Ehrenreich
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    NK, or natural killer, cells, which, like macrophages, attack targets like microbes, do not always kill. A 2013 article reports that about half of the NK cells sit out the fight, leaving a minority of them to become what their human observers call serial killers.

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  • Author Shelby Forsythia
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    Grief literally changes and rearranges the cells of our bodies. Our brains rewire, our nerves fire us up and settle us down, and our immune systems do everything they can to protect us from stress. When our loved one dies, our bodies feel it—from the immediate impact to the lasting effects. Grief leaves a visible and invisible impression on our lives, in our lungs, in our brains, and in our hearts. Everyone who has ever grieved is, at least partially, made up of grief.

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  • Author Vladimir Nabokov
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    I can't tell you howI knew - but I did know that I had crossedThe border. Everything I loved was lostBut no aorta could report regret.A sun of rubber was convulsed and set;And blood-black nothingness began to spinA system of cells interlinked within Cells interlinked within cells interlinkedWithin one stem. And dreadfully distinctAgainst the dark, a tall white fountain played.

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  • Author Doris Prada
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    Nous n’étions que deux poussières d’étoiles, deux petites cellules séparées, qui loin l’une de l’autre, s’affaiblissaient inexorablement. Maintenant que nous nous étions retrouvées, nous savions nommer ces sentiments qui nous animaient et nous inondaient de plaisir, c’était de l’amour.

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