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François Jacob - The Statue Within: An Autobiography (1988)

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What Man seeks, to the point of anguish, in his gods, in his art, in his science, is meaning. He cannot bear the void. He pours meaning on events like salt on his food.

François Jacob

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I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
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François Jacob

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Born: June 17, 1920
Died: April 19, 2013 (aged 92)
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