"We spent a lot of time discussing cosmology first. I think that was your father's unique way of evaluating people. You can tell a lot about a person, he once said, by the way they look at the stars."

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Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2007). “Axis”, p.235, Macmillan

Robert Charles Wilson

#Stars Quotes #Father Quotes #Unique Quotes

“Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen.”
“If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.”
“Iâ€™ve learned that a storm isnâ€™t always just bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something. Iâ€™ve found out that there are a lot more shades of gray in this world than I ever knew about. Iâ€™ve learned that sometimes, when youÂ´re afraid but you keep on moving forward, thatâ€™s the biggest kind of courage there is. And finally, Iâ€™ve learned that life isnâ€™t really about failure and success. Itâ€™s about being present, in the moment when big things happen, when everything changes, including myself.”
“...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy”
“Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God. I don't believe there is a God.”
“What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive. [Lat., Quod licet est ingratum quod non licet acrius urit.]”
“All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love.”
“Color has got me. I no longer need to chase after it. It has got me for ever. I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour.”

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