Darwin was equally interested in the devices and adaptations by which plants survived and in their varied and sometimes astonishing lifestyles, which included sense organs and motor powers akin to those of animals.
-- Oliver Sacks (Darwin and the Meaning of Flowers)

Importance: This quote emphasizes the importance of Darwin's studies in botany as well as zoology in terms of the development of the theories of evolution and natural selection, as well as our contemporary understanding of biology. Furthermore, this quote subverts the idea that plants are insensate and immobile beings and instead attributes them with characteristics which bring them closer to animals. Introducing the idea that plants have sense organs and motor powers is important thematically as the nature of adaptive responses and their contribution to how we define the concept of "mind" will be discussed throughout the book.

Gooddy refers here to 'personal' time, as contrasted with 'clock' time, and the extent to which personal time departs from...
-- Oliver Sacks (Speed)