Don’t you feel something magical when you’re in love?… I do, I certainly do … but I think that feeling of magic is a hardwired psychological response. It’s a chemical thing in the brain.
ALAN LIGHTMANSadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
More Alan Lightman Quotes
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There is a cultural diversity that’s very valuable, and it’s valuable to have different ways of looking at the world.
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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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We often do not see what we do not expect to see.
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I have a family and you know very well the time that that takes. That’s good time. I have a couple hobbies. I’m a runner and play tennis. In the summer my family and I uproot ourselves and go live in Maine for the summer.
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In our constant search for meaning in this baffling and temporary existence, trapped as we are within our three pounds of neurons,
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What sense is there in continuing when one has seen the future?
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No one knows the nature of God, or even if God exists. In a sense, all of our religions are literary works of the imagination.
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I have a number of vague ideas where I just have the core or kernel of the idea. I feel like I need some time for my mind to fill up again. I feel empty. Right now.
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I should have written books instead of reading them.
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I reached for some principle that had been subconscious in me and lifted it into consciousness.
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Authenticity and sincerity were the most important unifying principles of all these apparently different essays.
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As I understand it, a universe is a … well, a totality. A universe is everything that is, as far as the inside of the thing.
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The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?
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I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science.
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Will never fail to show his love, will never become jealous, will never fall in love with someone else, will never lose the passion of this instant of time.
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