“In the end, I learned two things that day. First: entropy applies to lies — they always break down into their component parts. Second: my mother’s capacity for mercy is inversely proportional to my ability to cite thermodynamics as a defense. She’s not a scientist. She’s a mother. And as far as I can tell, that’s a force even physics can’t explain.”
“In physics, entropy dictates that all systems naturally move from order to disorder. What I failed to appreciate at age nine is that the same principle applies to the truth — especially when your mother has just found a crumpled nurse’s excuse in your backpack.” young sheldon s02e16 dsrip
Sheldon picks up the melting ice cube, watches the last sliver disappear, and whispers: “Totally worth it.” “In the end, I learned two things that day
“My mother’s face cycled through five distinct emotions in three seconds — anger, confusion, reluctant amusement, more anger, and finally a sigh so deep I felt it lower the barometric pressure in the room.” She’s not a scientist