A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

It cannot be said too often - All life is one. That is and I suspect will forever prove to be the most profound true statement there is.

As far as we can tell we are the best there is, we may be all there is. It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and it's worst nightmare, simultaneously.

Bacteria may not build cities or have interesting social lives but they will be here when the sun explodes. This is their planet and we are on it only because they allow us to be.

Most of your DNA...is not devoted to you but to itself. You are a machine for reproducing it, not it for you. A life...just wants to be and DNA is what makes it so.

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