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“People don’t see things and hear things as objectively as they might think. The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“It’s difficult to assign value to discovery when you haven’t sorted out the parameters of reality yet.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“It is difficult to give thought to the stars when the ground is swallowing you up.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“We were no longer riding a spacecraft, but a tiny bird, caught in a vast pit of tar, beating her wings so hard she risked leaving a piece of herself behind.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“What we want you to ask yourselves is this: what is space, to you? Is it a playground? A quarry? A flagpole? A classroom? A temple? Who do you believe should go, and for what purpose? Or should we go at all? Is the realm above the clouds immaterial to you, so long as satellites send messages and rocks don't fall? Is human spaceflight a fool's errand, a rich man's fantasy, an unacceptable waste of life and metal? Are our methods grotesque to you, our ethics untenable? Are our hopes outdates? When I tell you of our life out here, do you cheer for us, or do you scoff?
Are astronauts still relevant in your time?”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Are astronauts still relevant in your time?”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Lisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
88 books
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51 friends
122 books
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6 friends
166 books
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34 friends
119 books
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36 friends
236 books
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1 friend
49 books
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24 friends
400 books
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3 friends
112 books
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3 friends
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