Yet so vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity, that no writer, up to the very end of the nineteenth century, expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level.
“I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“But all night, Aslan and the Moon gazed upon each other with joyful and unblinking eyes.”
― Prince Caspian
― Prince Caspian
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
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