“If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You're just looking at a bunch of viruses.” IfsKnowsHumansLooksMayIdeasIdentityBunchBeing The BestVirusesBest PlaceGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“We may be sucking in all sorts of viruses and we really don't know the full range of them. Maybe we've got flu virus inside of us. That's a possibility. Maybe we're part flu.” KnowsMayPossibilityRangeVirusesFlu Author:Carl Zimmer
“At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more.” WorldGivingMayLongTwoImportantTogetherLastsCreationDestructionInnovationOriginalsSubstanceVirusesVenomOrigin Of LifeCreation And Destruction Book:A Planet of Viruses Source: A Planet of Viruses