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“I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in our insignificant race in a tiny corner of the universe, and still less in us, as still more insignificant individuals. Again, I see no reason why the belief that we are insignificant or fortuitous should lessen our faith.”

Ifs Should Believe Stills Matter Reason Science Universe Individual Belief Interest Race Creator Corners Tiny Reason Why No Reason Insignificant Primeval Fortuitous

Author:Rosalind Franklin

“Our planet consists largely of lumps of fall-out from a star-sized hydrogen bomb. Within our bodies, no less than three million atoms rendered unstable in that event still erupt every minute, releasing a tiny fraction of the energy stored from that fierce fire of long ago.”

Long Stills Body Fall Three Energy Stars Millions Fire Minutes Events Planets Tiny Bombs Atoms Fierce Long Ago Our Planet Fractions Unstable Lumps Hydrogen Hydrogen Bomb

Author:James Lovelock

“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”

World Mind Stills Stories Dream Universe Sides Journey Window Dinner Tiny Short Story Other Worlds Back In Time Far Side

Book:M Is for Magic

Source: M Is for Magic

“We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe.”

Thinking Stills Enough Motivational Universe Term Havens Incredibles Tiny Mature Conquest

Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work

Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work

“When I got a tiny bit of success, I was petrified that I was going to lose it. I still feel it.”

Feels Stills Bits Loses Tiny

Author:Ben Schwartz

“While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year.... Autumn is the time when in fact the leaves bud. Leaves wither because winter begins; but they also wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny as percussion caps out of which the spring will crack.... It is only an optical illusion that my flowers die in autumn; for in reality they are born.”

Years Looks Made Stills Ends Facts Reality Dies Born Flower Spring Illusion Fairs Winter Tiny Autumn Cracks Caps Bud Percussion Optical Illusions

Author:Karel Capek

“Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or bicycle.”