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“When we gaze at a star in the Milky Way which is 50,000 light-years away from our sun, we are looking back 50,000 years in time."
"The idea is much too big for my little head."
"The only way we can look out into space, then, is to look back in time. We can never know what the universe is like now. We only know what it was like then. When we look up at a star that is thousands of light-years away, we are really traveling thousands of years back in the history of space.”
― Sophie’s World
"The idea is much too big for my little head."
"The only way we can look out into space, then, is to look back in time. We can never know what the universe is like now. We only know what it was like then. When we look up at a star that is thousands of light-years away, we are really traveling thousands of years back in the history of space.”
― Sophie’s World
“... the only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder...”
― Sophie’s World
― Sophie’s World
“Ladies and Gentlemen...we are floating in Space!”
― Sophie’s World
― Sophie’s World
“What’s going on?” he demanded.
“The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.”
― Last Sacrifice
“The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.”
― Last Sacrifice
“Dmitri was at a total loss. It was a common reaction for people when I agreed to do something reasonable.”
― Last Sacrifice
― Last Sacrifice
Jian’s 2025 Year in Books
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