"Well, Frank, my thoughts are very similar. The vast loneliness up here at the moon is awe-inspiring, and it makes you realize what you have back there on earth. The earth from here is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space."

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Source : "Moon talkers: What astronauts talked about in space" by Jackie Hicken, www.deseretnews.com. July 20, 2016.

Jim Lovell

#Loneliness Quotes #Moon Quotes #Oasis Quotes

“I don't talk about my politics. I am registered as an independent.”
“For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.”
“I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.”
“the horse will always do right if he understands. This is very remarkable. It is true neither of human beings nor of dogs.”
“Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.”
“Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre. Domestic slavery existed among a people who had themselves disdained to submit to a master.”
“Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”
“As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.”

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