"I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting."

-- Elizabeth Moon

#Fantasy Quotes #Astronomy Quotes #Biomedical Quotes

“[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labour of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins...”
“If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion.”
“It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.”

Source : St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.93, ICS Publications
“Iâ€™m more insecure than I ever let anyone know. Sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.”
“There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires.”
“Think about it. For the sake of fame, men will risk great dangers. They put themselves in the jaws of death more than for their children. For fame, they will spend their money like water and work their fingers to the bone. Have you not observed this in your own home?”
“The development that produces great art is a moral and not an aesthetic development.”

Source : "Italian Report" by Patrick Swift, for the Committee of Cultural Relations, Dept of External Affairs, December 1955.
“Blackouts can be fun if approached with the right mindset. You just can't sweat the fact that you've lost a small portion of your life for all eternity. Occasionally, little bubbles of memory will float up like surreal Mylar party balloons at unexpected times throughout the net day and start piecing together a colorful, if incomplete, version of reality.”

Source : Josh Kilmer-Purcell (2009). “I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir”, p.16, Harper Collins

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