“It’s been a long fucking time since hope.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“We know that Beta Oph2 has an atmosphere like Earth’s, that it has liquid water like Earth does, that it probably has forests of some type. But we will never see them. None of us will. We are the bridge generations, the intermediaries, the ones who do the work so that our descendants will be ready.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“Like a good boy, he obeyed: he stopped making maps. But like a real boy, he did not. Not really.”
― Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
― Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
“What’s so beautiful about a fool is that a fool never knows when to give up.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“In this way, Agassiz presented nature as a sacred text. Even the dullest slug or dandelion could offer spiritual and moral guidance to those humans curious enough to look.”
― Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
― Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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