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Prateek Saini
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If indeed our universe exists in a multiverse, then we can imagine a grand throwing of the dice when our universe was created, followed by an announcement: “Okay, there will be gravity in this universe, and electromagnetism as well, and
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“We’ll never create a utopia, because it’s impossible to define good without having bad to compare it to. There is no pleasure without pain. There is no Heaven without Hell. The more we try to eliminate the negatives in life, the more we consequently eliminate the positives.”
― You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie
― You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie
“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
― Sputnik Sweetheart
“Myths nourish science, and science nourishes myth. But the value of knowledge remains.”
― Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
― Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
“Enriched by a singular event that is larger than life, I no longer have the luxury of being ordinary. To stand on the lunar surface and look back at our Earth creates such a personal sense of awe that even Alan Shepard wept at the view. Trying to exist within the paradox of being in this world after visiting another may be why some Moon voyagers tend to be reclusive.”
― The Last Man on the Moon: One Man's Part in Mankind's Greatest Adventure
― The Last Man on the Moon: One Man's Part in Mankind's Greatest Adventure
“Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
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