“Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. Obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but in a universe where flux is fundamental, it can be argued that even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. Isn't fixity the hallmark of the living dead?.” IfsHumansWellsUniverseIndividualHuman BeingsProgressEvolutionFundamentalsSeriesDesirablePermanenceHallmarkFluxAlterationsStasis Book:Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Source: Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
“There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. And ultimately those investments don't serve our understanding, because physicality is always going to let you down, because physicality doesn't last.” WorldLooksLastsLife IsOrderUniverseUnderstandingIllusionSeriesInvestmentChaosTricksCategoriesPhysicalityOrder In The Universe Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I try to keep this in mind when tied in to a rope 75 feet up in a tree... The history of ideas about our place in the universe has been a long series of let-downs for those who like to believe we are special.” TryingMindBelieveLongHas BeensIdeasUniverseTreeFeetSpecialSeriesTiedRope Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I mean Dark Phoenix series, the way it was done, they didn't do it justice in the past movies, in my personal opinion. I just like the X-Men universe.” MenWayMeanDonePastUniverseJusticeDarkOpinionSeriesPhoenixX MenPersonal Opinions Author:Timothy Miller