The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.
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More Alan Lightman Quotes
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Novels aren’t pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline.
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Not only will two different readers get something different but so will a single reader at different points in his life.
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Each person knows that somewhere is recorded the moment she was born, the moment she took her first step, the moment of her first passion, the moment she said goodbye to her parents.
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In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time.
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I reached for some principle that had been subconscious in me and lifted it into consciousness.
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In a world of fixed future, life is an infinite corridor of rooms, one room lit at each moment, the next room dark but prepared.
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All other giving is selfish. But he is being selfish a little, isn’t he, by wanting her to love him in return?
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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 oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science.
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He hopes that she loves him in return. Is it possible for a person to love without wanting love back?
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A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels suddenly wealthy the moment he buys an automobile…But this happy sensation wears off.
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I wouldn’t overall say that “The Diagnosis” is a funny book. I would say that it has comic moments. It’s a modern tragedy.
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Unconditional love. That’s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return.
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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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“The Diagnosis” is by far my most ambitious book. I such great hopes for it… there was so much I wanted to do with the book. I was extremely insecure about it for several years.
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