"All this long human story, most passionate and tragic in the living, was but an unimportant, a seemingly barren and negligible effort, lasting only for a few moments in the life of the galaxy. When it was over, the host of the planetary systems still lived on, with here and there a casualty, and here and there among the stars a new planetary birth, and here and there a fresh disaster."

-- Olaf Stapledon

#Stars Quotes #Long Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didnâ€™t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.”
“All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.”
“Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.”
“Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.”
“It does not matter if you vote for the left or right, you are not an elephant or donkey. You are a truthful lion who stands only for your conscience.”
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”
“I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content.”
“The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at some particular position. These are simply natural facts. What is just and unjust is the way that institutions deal with these facts.”

Source : "A Theory of Justice". Book by John Rawls, 1971.

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