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Eternity and pain, pain and eternity — they are the only two things of which the universe is made.

— David Zindell War in Heaven (1998)

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You must remember that an oak tree is not a crime against the acorn.

War in Heaven (1998)

Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won - and this only through the purity of mind and the heart’s deep love.

The Wild (1995)

In an infinite universe, every point in space-time is the center.

War in Heaven (1998)

Faith — what is this emotion but a desperate attempt to escape from mind-burning fear?

The Broken God (1992)

The belly is the reason that man does not easily mistake himself for a god.

War in Heaven (1998)

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Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive.

Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994)

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature (1836)

Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
For lovers love the western star.

Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)

Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky.

Arthur Koestler The Act of Creation (1964)

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