Karleen

“Learning about the universe does little for earthly self-esteem. Our sun, powerful enough to turn white skin bronze and coax oxygen from every plant on earth, ranks fairly low by galactic standards. If the giant star Antares were positioned where our sun is—93 million miles away—the earth would be inside it! And our sun and Antares represent just two of 400 billion stars that swim around in the vast, forlorn space of the Milky Way. A dime held out at arm's length would block 15 million stars from view, if our eyes could see with unlimited power.”
― Philip Yancey, Finding God in Unexpected Places: Revised and Updated

“Time is a river that meanders, branching out into tributaries and rivulets, depositing sediments of stories along its shores in the hope that someday, someone, somewhere, will find them. The”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“until recently no one could know that the little blob of light marked the presence of another galaxy, one twice the size of the Milky Way and home to half a trillion stars. Or that these next-door neighbors were but two of 100 billion galaxies likewise swarming with stars.”
― Philip Yancey, Finding God in Unexpected Places: Revised and Updated

“Narin knows that whenever there is a memorial gathering, it is an elder female who must lead the way. Mourning is a woman’s job—and so is remembrance.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky