Brad B

“No question; language can free us of feeling, or almost,' der Heer replied, stroking her shoulder. 'Maybe that's one of its functions - so we can understand the world without becoming entirely overwhelmed by it.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“And another regrettable thing about death is the ceasing of your own brand of magic, which took a whole life to develop and market - the quips, the witticisms, the slant adjusted to a few, those loved ones nearest the lip of the stage...”
― John Updike

“We always say that we are beneath the stars. We aren't of course - there is no up or down, and anyway the stars surround us. But we say we are beneath them, which is nice. So often English glorifies the human - we are whos, other animals are thats - but English puts us beneath the stars, at least.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down