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“If you will it, it's not a dream.”
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“Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers Alexander Pope”
― STUDY GUIDE: HOMER'S ILIAD
― STUDY GUIDE: HOMER'S ILIAD
“Travellers do not produce railways, but conversely, railways produce travellers.”
― The Jewish State
― The Jewish State
“I find it curious that I never heard any astronaut say that he wanted to go to the Moon so he would be able to look back and see the Earth. We all wanted to see what the Moon looked like close up. Yet, for most of us, the most memorable sight was not of the Moon but of our beautiful blue and white home, moving majestically around the sun, all alone and infinite black space.”
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“In other words, pretty much every star you see in the night sky hosts at least one planet.
The next time you find yourself outside at night, take a moment to stop and consider the implications of this result as you gaze at all those pinpricks of light.
Every one of them hosts at least one world, and most stars will have more than one planet. Solar systems are the rule and not the exception. They’re everywhere.”
― Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
The next time you find yourself outside at night, take a moment to stop and consider the implications of this result as you gaze at all those pinpricks of light.
Every one of them hosts at least one world, and most stars will have more than one planet. Solar systems are the rule and not the exception. They’re everywhere.”
― Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
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