“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“Love is a private thing. The world does not need to know.”
― Origin
― Origin
“Right after we launched, I realized that all the training we'd on what to do if something went wrong during launch-how to bail out , how to operate the parachutes, how to make an emergency landing-I realized that all those years of training were completely pointless. It was just filler to make us feel okay about climbing into this thing. Because if it's going down, it's going down. It's either going to be a good day or it's going to be a bad day, and there is no in-between.”
― Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
― Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
“And history has proven repeatedly that lunatics will rise to power again and again on tidal waves of aggressive nationalism and intolerance, even in places where it seems utterly incomprehensible.”
― Origin
― Origin
“There are emergency placards and safety signs all over the interior of the shuttle, telling you what to do and where to go. That stuff is there to give you something to read before you die.”
― Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
― Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
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