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“A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.”

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J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer, best known for his fantasy literature, most notably The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. His works have had a profound impact on modern fantasy literature. more

“Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation. If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly as it was going to take place, his predictions would sound so absurd that people everyone would laugh him to scorn. The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely. Only if what I tell you appears absolutely unbelievable have we any chance of visualizing the future as it really will happen.”

People Ifs Trying Seems Happens Sound Chance Laughing Miracle Absurd Fantastic Prophet Reasonable Occupation Predictions Unbelievable Scorn Discouraging Visualizing

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait. I do not think we will have to wait for long.”

Ifs Thinking Way Looks Long I Can Stars Waiting Wonder Fire Clouds Simile Pardon Commonplace Alarms Milky Way

Book:Expedition to Earth

Source: Expedition to Earth

“All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.”

Stills Happiness Lost Greater Seeking Appreciation Quests Attainment Explorers

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

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