“Once you decide on the best poison for the termination, you must work out the correct concentration. For instance, I know that five milligrams of cetratranic acid dropped into a bell-jar with a single moth will take about three seconds… — Poppy Adams Copy Share
“Once you decide on the best poison for the termination, you must work out the correct concentration. For instance, I know that five milligrams of cetratranic acid dropped into a bell-jar with a single moth will take about three seconds to stun it. I know that seven milligrams will anaesthetize it and ten is enough to kill it, providing the… — Poppy Adams Copy Share
“A moth is such a simple machine in the animal world - the go-kart to the modern car - and it takes a lot of glitches to prevent it going. It's this intriguing simplicity, the idea that you could pull it into its constituent parts and put it back together in the same rainy day, that if you pulled back… — Poppy Adams Copy Share
“I wasn't quick-witted or confident enough to play them at their cruel games. I'd feel the heat rush to my face as I flumbed for a rebuff, and I'd become highly aware of my heavy bottom lip, the position of my hands, of my entire body, and I'd end up looking silly and uneasy. I'd walk away hearing the other… — Poppy Adams Copy Share
“Is it really necessary to record your life in order to make it worthwhile or commendable? Is it worthless to die without reference? Surely… — Poppy Adams Copy Share Image
“I love her and hate her at the same time. I even love the parts of her that I hate, her vitality and her… — Poppy Adams Copy Share Image
“Clive convinced himself that it wouldn’t be long before we’d be able to predict all their [the moths] equations of cause and effect, then… — Poppy Adams Copy Share Image
“I feel like the caterpillar that we think is making a choice when he eats or pupates but, in fact, is not. He's ruled… — Poppy Adams Copy Share Image