Jonathan Matus

“People could remain afraid for only so long. Throughout history, societies had learned to live with the inevitability of earthquakes, volcanic eruption, climatic oscillations, outbreaks of pestilence, and war—whether that meant attack by nomadic warriors armed with spears and arrows or by the ruthless ships of the Chenzeme. A threat not immediately apparent was easy to put out of mind.”
― Linda Nagata, Edges

“The ultimate energy source for heating the surface of any planet or moon within the Solar System is the Sun’s luminosity. Measured in watts (or joules per second) the Sun radiates a total of L ⊙ = 3.85 × 1026 joules of energy into space per second. At a distance D from the Sun, this energy is spread over the entire surface area of a sphere of radius D, and this provides the energy per second per unit area (the so-called energy flux F) for heating a planet. Accordingly, the flux can be expressed as the ratio F = L ⊙ / 4 π D”
― Martin Beech, Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds

“The principal effect of fear is that it prevents you from seeing where love is present, whereas love helps you to see where you are afraid. Love makes you conscious. It switches a light on in your mind. This light brings everything into view. You can see into every corner of your mind. Love does not judge, so nothing is hidden. Love does not condemn, so there is no deception. Love does not censure, so all is revealed. Love exposes the fears you identify with, the secret shame you haven’t forgiven, the old wounds not yet released, and every other unloving thought that blocks the awareness of love’s presence.”
― Robert Holden, Loveability: Knowing How to Love and Be Loved