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I have not finished this yet, but I decided to review it prematurely because the illustrations are magnificent! The last time I attempted to read Stoker's original, I found its melodramatic, epistolary format unbelievably tedious. Bess's black and wh ...more "
“When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement. ”
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“If it dies, it's biology; if it blows up, it's chemistry;
if it doesn't work, it's physics!"
As quoted from grafitti on a bathroom wall.”
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if it doesn't work, it's physics!"
As quoted from grafitti on a bathroom wall.”
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“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
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“The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.”
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“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?” Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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