--- title: "13 Me Quotes By Mary Roach" description: "13 Me quotes by Mary Roach. Plus more from Mary Roach and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png" --- > [The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriacs-like-me/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png) > [To me, death is dark, pain, grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/mary-roach-635_dark_to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief-33176_33176.png) > [I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-rarely-listen-to-music-while-writing-i-wish-i-could-but-it/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/mary-roach-635_could_i-rarely-listen-to-music-while-writing-i_141838.png) > [I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-could-have-had-a-session-of-defecography-which-is-a-diagnostic-test/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/mary-roach-635_assess_i-could-have-had-a-session-of-defecograp_2076142.png) > [For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches-me-and-says-i-d-like-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/mary-roach-635_am_for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches_25016.png) > [When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/when-someone-tells-me-oh-we-have-so-many-problems-on-earth-space/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/mary-roach-635_absolutely_when-someone-tells-me-oh-we-have-so-many_3207091.png) > [People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by-saliva-the-substance-that-you/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/mary-roach-635_around_people-are-surprisingly-off-put-just-by_788452.png) > [I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/i-m-always-imposing-my-taste-in-books-on-others-i-hope-that-people/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/mary-roach-635_always_i-m-always-imposing-my-taste-in-books-on_1406580.png) > [Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me-that-one-of-my-books-has-made/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/mary-roach-635_because_every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me_57158.png) > [My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/my-husband-recently-made-me-try-on-a-bikini-a-bikini-is-not-so-much-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/mary-roach-635_been_my-husband-recently-made-me-try-on-a-bik_1732827.png) > [Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don't work for me. I like to cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/picking-my-topics-is-sort-of-a-process-of-elimination-for-me-most/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/mary-roach-635_also_picking-my-topics-is-sort-of-a-process-o_2016784.jpg) > [Most of us pass our lives never once laying eyes on our own organs, the most precious and amazing things we own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/most-of-us-pass-our-lives-never-once-laying-eyes-on-our-own-organs/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/mary-roach-635_amazing_most-of-us-pass-our-lives-never-once-lay_1466795.png) > [Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-obvious-the-things-you-d-think/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/mary-roach-635_about_dead-people-never-seem-to-address-the-ob_1916801.jpg) ## Other authors on Me ## More by Mary Roach > [“Rawson points out that although snakes can’t taste, they have a primitive sense of smell. They’ll extend their tongue to gather volatile molecules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/rawson-points-out-that-although-snakes-can-t-taste-they-have-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/as-the-number-of-inuit-who-hunt-has-dwindled-so-has-the-consumption/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/for-the-most-part-if-somebody-approaches-me-and-says-i-d-like-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [To me, death is dark, pain, grief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“If you look at survivable crashes, it’s rare that even half the emergency exits open,” says Shanahan. “Plus, there’s a lot of panic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/if-you-look-at-survivable-crashes-it-s-rare-that-even-half-the/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/he-was-doing-a-breath-hydrogen-test-if-you-know-the-amount-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/viagra-isn-t-the-only-drug-being-prescribed-off-label-for-women-with/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/sharing-a-room-with-a-cadaver-is-only-mildly-different-from-being-in/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/every-now-and-then-someone-will-tell-me-that-one-of-my-books-has-made/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/panel-applicants-at-the-initial-screening-were-asked-not-only-to/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“\* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/kissing-is-a-less-aggressive-form-of-bacterial-transplant-studies-of/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Nirlungayuk reached a similar conclusion. I tracked him down, seventeen years later, and asked him what the outcome of his country-foods campaign had been.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/nirlungayuk-reached-a-similar-conclusion-i-tracked-him-down-seventeen/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/astronauts-are-like-these-mythic-legends-but-really-they-are-just/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/olive-trees-grow-in-the-same-climate-and-soil-conditions-as-grapes/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) > [“A patient on the way to surgery travels at twice the speed of a patient on the way to the morgue. Gurneys that ferry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/a-patient-on-the-way-to-surgery-travels-at-twice-the-speed-of-a/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/mary-roach/#itemlist", "name": "13 Me Quotes By Mary Roach", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriacs-like-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/mary-roach-635_boon_the-internet-is-a-boon-for-hypochondriac_1148748.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.” — Mary Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, death is dark, pain, grief.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Roach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/mary-roach-635_dark_to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief-33176_33176.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/mary-roach-635_dark_to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief-33176_33176.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/mary-roach-635_dark_to-me-death-is-dark-pain-grief-33176_33176.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To me, death is dark, pain, grief.” — Mary Roach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I rarely listen to music while writing. 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