“Friends did matter. Friends like these anyway, ones who were fiercely intelligent and similarly ambitious, who suffered through the same sort of ridicule and condemnation and survived, smiling.” — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“I reviewed some of his articles and knew Albert couldn’t manage all those mathematical calculations on his own. You were always better at math… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Do you remember the first time you realized that you were different from other girls? Smarter perhaps?” Helene asked. I” — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Together, we will become the ideal bohemian couple—equal in love and work.” “Truly?” — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Friends did matter. Friends like these anyway, ones who were fiercely intelligent and similarly ambitious, who suffered through the same sort of ridicule and… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“constantly astonished myself with these girls. Astonished that I had the words to express my long-buried stories. Astonished that I allowed them to see… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Like a spider, Albert became busy building a name for himself in the center of the intricate web of European physicists.” — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“The Polytechnic was a new sort of college dedicated to producing teachers and professors for various math or scientific disciplines, and it was one… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Won’t he ask who this other author is? This Miss Marić?” Albert was quiet. “Would you mind if I listed only my name as… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Mama had indeed risen up with a ferocity I didn’t think she possessed. I’d been wrong about her my whole life. Her quietude was… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“I knew that they needed to jettison the goal of finding a law of physics applicable to all observers in the universe and focus… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Remember my words, Mileva, when you withdraw into the deadening cycle of home. You and I are not so different except in the choices… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“These friends didn’t take away my resolve to succeed as I’d feared. They made me stronger. •” — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“Mitza, you are like the objects in one of Newton’s investigations. You tirelessly maintain your velocity through life unless you are acted upon by… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“did matter. Friends like these anyway, ones who were fiercely intelligent and similarly ambitious, who suffered through the same sort of ridicule and condemnation… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
