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“Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.”

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Book:The reminiscences of an astronomer

Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer

“The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!”

Dream Crowds Eclipse Total Eclipse

Author:Muhammad Ali

“Back in the late 1970's, when I was fifteen years old, I spent every penny I then had in the bank to fly across the continent in a 747 jet to Brandon, Manitoba, deep in the Canadian prairies, to witness a total eclipse of the sun.”

Years Sun Late Witness Continents Fifteen Pennies Jet Eclipse Fifteen Years Prairie Fifteen Years Old Total Eclipse Eclipse Of The Sun

Book:Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Source: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

“I'd seen a great many partial eclipses, but a partial eclipse has the same relation to a total eclipse as flirting with a man does to marrying him. It's completely different.”

Men Doe Different Relation Great Men Flirting Marrying Eclipse Marrying Him Total Eclipse

Author:Annie Dillard

“Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.”

Humans War Reason Facts Spirit Religion Religious Spread Intolerance Eclipse Human Reason Religious Wars Total Eclipse

Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“It was quite impossible to describe. Here is what it looked like. It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well. It tasted yellow, and it felt Paisley. It smelled like the total eclipse of the moon.”

Wells Felt Sound Impossible Moon Piano Yellow Eclipse Paisley Total Eclipse

Author:Terry Pratchett

“The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in the morning after its troublesome absence at night were noted by people around the world; these phenomena spoke to our ancestors of the possibility of surviving death. Up there in the skies was also a metaphor of immortality.”

“Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.”

Fall Music Falling In Love Broken Heart Falling Apart Once Upon A Time Total Eclipse

Author:Bonnie Tyler

“The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.”

Unbearable Unbearable Things Total Eclipse

Author:Arthur Rimbaud

“In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.”

America Sun British Visible Eclipse Total Eclipse Eclipse Of The Sun Solar Eclipse

Book:The reminiscences of an astronomer

Source: The reminiscences of an astronomer

“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!”

Science Hope Dark Blindness Noon Eclipse Total Eclipse

Author:John Milton

“In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.”

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Author:Bonnie Tyler