“I completely failed to see the value in memorizing the stupid periodic table of elements.”
“The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.”
“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”
“The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver.Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.”
“From 'Periodic Table of Elements': A girl ago, a girlhood gone like a phial of ether | Thrown on fire--just | A little jump of flame, like grief, or | Like a penicillin that has lost its skill at killing | Off, it then is gone.”
“the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.”