05-01-2022, 01:37 PM
“A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being?”
Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.” You know why trees smell the way they do?” Murphy asked, looking up from her hammering. “Sap?” Logan guessed. “Chlorophyll?” Murphy shook her head. “Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years’ worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That’s why trees smell so beautiful and old.”
Frances O Roarke
"There’s an old man looking backward, at the dreams he used to have, at the life he thought he’d lead, at the young man he once was; looking forward."
Radio freefall, Matthew Jarpe
“These money men are strange human beings. They proclaim vision & innovation, but seem unable to imagine what their fellow man might be feeling. Poverty & powerlessness are beyond their ken. If the ability to walk in your fellow man’s footsteps is a barometer of civilisation, then these people are barbarians.”
Greg McGee. Love & money.
Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.” You know why trees smell the way they do?” Murphy asked, looking up from her hammering. “Sap?” Logan guessed. “Chlorophyll?” Murphy shook her head. “Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years’ worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That’s why trees smell so beautiful and old.”
Frances O Roarke
"There’s an old man looking backward, at the dreams he used to have, at the life he thought he’d lead, at the young man he once was; looking forward."
Radio freefall, Matthew Jarpe
“These money men are strange human beings. They proclaim vision & innovation, but seem unable to imagine what their fellow man might be feeling. Poverty & powerlessness are beyond their ken. If the ability to walk in your fellow man’s footsteps is a barometer of civilisation, then these people are barbarians.”
Greg McGee. Love & money.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)