#dna

Here's what I hadn't realized: the mother you haven't seen for almost thirty-six years isn't your mother, she's a stranger. Sharing DNA doesn't make you fast friends. This wasn't a joyous reunion. It was just awkward. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#motherhood #reunion #motherhood

There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#edna-pontellier #fiction #romance #life

Volumes of history written in the ancient alphabet of G and C, A and T. ↗

— Sy Montgomery

#science

I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#belonged #dna #i #i always #street

I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility. ↗

— Boris Becker

#accepted #advice #arranged #child #dna

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#film #hands #i #need

You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#few #few people #kidnapping #need #only

I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#against #crime #decided #done #i

I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#amazing #back #conversation #dna #doctor

You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#being #breath #centered #chance #comedy