"The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind."

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I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

— Susan Orlean