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“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
― Carl Sagan

“When it was to their advantage, they made a forward move; when otherwise, they stopped still.”
― Anonymous

“Sad is like a big ocean, and you can’t breathe deep down. You can float on it, you can swim a little, but be careful. Grief is drowning. Grief is deep water.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

“My memory is to the world as a drawing is to the photograph. Imperfect. More perfect. We remember what we must, what we choose to, because it is more beautiful and real than the truth.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence

“It is a mistake to believe we must know a thing to be influenced by it. It is a mistake to believe the thing must even be real.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Empire of Silence

“Ti abatre!” she yelled. I loved you. Loved. The hatch sealed. Our shuttle tore out past the static field and into the long and silent Dark.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

“We are clay, shaped as the mountain is shaped: by the wind, the tramping foot, and the rain. By the world. The mark of other hands is on us, but we are ourselves alone.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

“For what I have done, there is no respite. Even in Death, you would pile scorn upon my grave.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Howling Dark

“When all else fails: explosions.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“I read,” I said, and shrugged. “People always accuse me of wasting my time, but they don’t complain when I have their answers.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

“It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid