Most people have learned to live in the moment.
ALAN LIGHTMANI love staying in written correspondence with some writers. That’s enough for me.
More Alan Lightman Quotes
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All of these things can occur with or without God. I do not believe in the existence of God, but I consider myself a spiritual person in the manner I have just described. I call myself a spiritual atheist. I would imagine that many people are spiritual atheists.
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Such is the cost of immortality. No person is whole. No person is free. Over time, some have determined that the only way to live is to die. In death, a man or a woman is free of the weight of the past [and the future].
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When they are on their cell phones they are not where their bodies are…they are somewhere else in hyperspace. They are not grounded.
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All writers have roots they draw from – travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
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Every essay – the subject matter of every essay – is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world.
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And of course, that makes it frightening to start a new book because you can’t really depend upon what you’ve done with previous books.
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It’s a flow of chemicals and electrical currents, and it developed over millions of years in the process of evolution to aid in the procreation of the species.
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I have for a long time loved fabulist, imaginative fiction, such as the writing of Italo Calvino, Jose Saramago, Michael Bulgakov, and Salman Rushdie.
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At every point of decision, the world splits into three worlds, each with the same people, but different fates for those people. In time, there are an infinity of worlds.
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I love staying in written correspondence with some writers. That’s enough for me.
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In a world without future, each laugh is the last laugh. In a world without future, beyond the present lies nothingness, and people cling to the present as if hanging from a cliff.
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I was in New York and had lunch with Oliver Sachs and compared notes with him – he is someone I really like.
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I’m still happy with the way Einstein’s Dreams came out. That book came out of a single inspiration. I really felt like I was not creating the words, that I was hearing the words.
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Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.
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An unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.
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