For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. – Carl Sagan, Contact
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. –
Rainer Maria Rilke
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Everyone is broken by life, but some people are stronger in the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
I saw the new Star Trek movie again tonight. Decided to use a Star Wars helmet in today’s portrait. Go figure.
My point is: the most important benefits of seminal works of science fiction like Star Trek are hope, perspective, and adventurism. Star Trek/Star Wars/BSG, et al tap into the core of the human [...]
Day 91 of 365: I think Yoda and Rilke would have gotten along swimmingly.
“…and I want to beg you, as much as I can, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very [...]
