Here you can find a few quotations that have moved me in my abundant literary past:

source: Hunter, L. (1993). Molecular biology for computer scientists. Artificial intelligence and molecular biology, 1-46 

“Biology is frustratingly holistic.”

“Another approach to defining “life” is to recognize its fundamental interrelatedness.”

“Reproductive ability alone is not enough; computer programs can create endless copies of themselves—that does not make them alive.”

"How can we determine if you are a human being if, for every cell in your body, you have 10 bacterial cells?" 

"This is probably a good place to correct a common misperception, namely that some organisms are more "primitive" than others. Every existing organism has, tautologically, made it into the modern era."