It seems to me that miss Cole ends her essay by quoting another author what helps her to give a great summary of what she has written about. Like she said herself: "No one said it better". The quote gets us to the point, to the conclusion and final remark towards the explanation of the title of the essay. If she had paraphrased the quote, it would have seemed as a discussion of what Schrodinger had said and it would have not seemed as the essay has "a final dot". On the other hand, the first sentence helps the reader engage into the discussion and rises the questions we might have been asking ourselves for a long time.
As for the other quotes... Right of the door, the very first one by Bob Miller supports the title and let us understand how the scale matters with the simple example of the extraordinary being quite ordinary. Further in the text, the quotes give Cole the opportunity to enrich the essay with the particular examples of others and scientific proofs, not just her personal observations and thoughts. As well the fact that different people discussing the same cases, let us understand that the same questions arise between humans. Quotes of variety of people give readers the opportunity to notice the differences and engage into discussion. First she quote, then explains the quote; or she gives an example and summarizes with a quote; or have a discussion, summarized by the footnote as a proof as of where her previous thoughts are coming from.
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