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There is no design. The universe isn’t kind or cruel. The universe is vast and indifferent to our desires.

— Tom Sweterlitsch The Gone World (2018)

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The totality of human endeavor is nothing when set against the stars.

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Lambs are sacrificed but rats survive.

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You have to be rich to live forever.

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There was no center, no reason. Courtney’s death was random, banal viciousness inflicted by one organism upon another. There is no design. The universe isn’t kind or cruel. The universe is vast and indifferent to our desires.

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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)

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For lovers love the western star.

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

Arthur Koestler The Act of Creation (1964)

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