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“I wish I could read what she's written there. Instead, I pretend the letters are stars. The words, constellations.”

Book:Warm Bodies

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Warm Bodies

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Isaac Marion

Isaac Marion is an American writer known for his works of fantasy, particularly the 'Twilight' series. His novels often explore themes of love, death, and the supernatural. Born in 1981, Marion developed a passion for writing from a young age and turned it into a career. His first novel, 'Twilight,' was published in 2005 and quickly became a bestseller, leading to a successful film adaptation. Marion's works have gained widespread acclaim and have had a significant impact on contemporary fantasy literature. more

“I compared what was really known about the stars with the account of creation as told in Genesis. I found that the writer of the inspired book had no knowledge of astronomy -- that he was as ignorant as a Choctaw chief -- as an Eskimo driver of dogs. Does any one imagine that the author of Genesis knew anything about the sun -- its size? that he was acquainted with Sirius, the North Star, with Capella, or that he knew anything of the clusters of stars so far away that their light, now visiting our eyes, has been traveling for two million years? If he had known these facts would he have said that Jehovah worked nearly six days to make this world, and only a part of the afternoon of the fourth day to make the sun and moon and all the stars? Yet millions of people insist that the writer of Genesis was inspired by the Creator of all worlds. Now, intelligent men, who are not frightened, whose brains have not been paralyzed by fear, know that the sacred story of creation was written by an ignorant savage. The story is inconsistent with all known facts, and every star shining in the heavens testifies that its author was an uninspired barbarian. I admit that this unknown writer was sincere, that he wrote what he believed to be true -- that he did the best he could. He did not claim to be inspired -- did not pretend that the story had been told to him by Jehovah. He simply stated the "facts" as he understood them. After I had learned a little about the stars I concluded that this writer, this "inspired" scribe, had been misled by myth and legend, and that he knew no more about creation than the average theologian of my day. In other words, that he knew absolutely nothing. And here, allow me to say that the ministers who are answering me are turning their guns in the wrong direction. These reverend gentlemen should attack the astronomers. They should malign and vilify Kepler, Copernicus, Newton, Herschel and Laplace. These men were the real destroyers of the sacred story. Then, after having disposed of them, they can wage a war against the stars, and against Jehovah himself for having furnished evidence against the truthfulness of his book.”

Truth Science Stars Size Astronomy

Author:Robert G. Ingersoll

“We could have touched the stars. Instead, you brought them to us. We didn't have to seek the heavens when we had you here with us now.”

Stars Justice Dreamer Superhero

Book:Justice, Volume 1

Source: Justice, Volume 1

“Below Les Avants there was a chalet where the pension was wonderful and we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.”

Love Together Night Stars Books

Book:A Moveable Feast

Source: A Moveable Feast

“Anyway," continued Mr. Miller, "when I was a kid, people used to sit under the stars at night and look up into the sky and talk about things. They got to know each other. People Today is too busy staring at the television, what I call the idiot box, to talk about anything. That's why there are so many divorces these days. People don't talk”