More from Carl Sagan
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan What an astonishing thing a book is.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan We are all stardust.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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You could move.’ —“Dear Abby” responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
Abigail Van BurenAbigail Van Buren Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
Abigail Van BurenAbigail Van Buren Ash, I want you. Bad, very very bad. But you deserve better than this
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
MartialMartial But Ash, I can’t continue to want you from a distance. To love you and not have you. I’d end up in jail if anyone tried to touch you and God forbid you tried to date someone.
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines Is there a chance? A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel? A reason to fight? Is there a chance you may change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?
A Fine FrenzyA Fine Frenzy Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Then I will speak upon the ashes.
Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth