People were so naive about plants, Ellie thought. They just chose plants for appearance, as they would choose a picture for the wall. It never occurred to them that plants were actually living things, busily performing all the living functions of respiration, ingestion, excretion, reproduction—and defense.

Michael Crichton's Jurassic World (ed. Alfred a Knopf Incorporated, 1997) - ISBN: 9780375401077