Juliet Moncrieff Quotes

If you say “I want to live in a world without chemicals”, you are saying you want to live in a world without oxygen, water, blood, fruit, chocolate, computers, airplanes … We cannot live without chemicals, we ourselves are chemicals. We cannot abolish chemicals, but we can use them wisely. And we can acknowledge their importance.

Chemistry is like human relationships. If there is a reaction, both can be transformed. There are negative charges and positive charges – set fire or fizzle.

When I was studying, I found history to be far more difficult than chemistry. History continually repeats its errors. Chemistry is full of mishaps and mistakes, but they often lead to great discoveries.

When I studied chemistry, it was different. There were smells and bangs and the slightly charismatic element of danger. That’s what attracted a lot of us to this field – it was great fun, but the classroom today is a lot safer than it was back then.