“Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.” WorldWarEarthNightStarsLinesDarknessSunSeaColdMoonRedGhostPaleHauntingRed Sea Book:Festus: a poem Source: Festus: a poem
“See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become A base adult'ress, whose false births do fill The earth with monsters, monsters that do roam And rage about, and make a trade to kill: Now glutt'ny paunches, and avarice a pawn; Pale envy pines, pride swells, and sloth begins to yawn.” WorldEarthPrideBirthLateAdultsTradeIllEnvyRageMonstersPregnantPaleWombAvariceSlothPawnsChaste Book:Quarles' Emblems Source: Quarles' Emblems
“If you look at Earth from space you see a dot, that's here. That's home. That's us. It underscores the responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” IfsLooksHomeEarthSpaceDealsResponsibilityKnownBluePreservesCherishPaleDotsPale Blue Dot Author:Carl Sagan
“Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday's excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.” SoulBodyEarthDivineEssenceYesterdayVarietyAppetiteExcessGuestsPaleParticlesSupperPuzzledSated Author:Horace