“To be careful with people and with words was a rare and beautiful thing.”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“To name her is to sink her,” he told me. “That which we name takes greater weight than the sea it displaces. Ask any shipwreck.”
― Challenger Deep
― Challenger Deep
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“I started with a large rigid sample container (or “plastic box” to people who don’t work at NASA).”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“It was right where I left it, in a hole four kilometers away. Only an idiot would keep that thing near the Hab. So anyway, I brought it back to the Hab.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
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