Early influences
"I came through it all honestly"
Paris
Pierre
Remarkable accidents
"The question was entirely new"
"The best sprinters"
"A beautiful color"
"What is the source of the energy?"
"I will make him an help meet for him"
"The disaster of our lives"
"We were happy"
The metamorphosis
"My children...cannot awaken life in me"
"The chemistry of the invisible"
Honor and dishonor
"She is very obstinate"
"All my strength"
The making of a myth
To pass the torch
Marie's legacy.