# Quote — Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

> "Broadly speaking, the ability of the park is to control the spread of life forms. Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way." Malcolm shook his head. "I don't mean to be philosophical, but there it is."

- Author: [Michael Crichton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton.md)
- Book: [Jurassic Park](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/jurassic-park.md)
- Page: 178
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/broadly-speaking-the

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> Discovery is always a rape of the natural world. Always.

p. 284 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/discovery-is-always.md)

> "I believe my life has value, and I don't want to waste it thinking about clothing. I don't want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/i-believe-my-life.md)

> "With subsequent drawings of the fractal curve, sudden changes may appear."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/jurassic-park/with-subsequent-drawings.md)