Between the days of fecund productivity are inserted days of uncertainty when nothing seems to succeed, and when even matter itself seems hostile; and it is then that one must hold out against discouragement.

Marie Curie Pierre Curie, 1923
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Public domain in the US. This English translation (Charlotte Kellogg, d. 1960) is protected in life+70 countries until the end of 2030.

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Marie Curie 1867–1934 · Polish-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity; the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. Wikipedia

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