"Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

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"Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

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"Through endless night the earth whirls toward a creation unknown..."

Henry Miller, American Author

Universe, Mystery, Cosmos, Creation, Nature

"There were only the great diamonds and sapphires and emerald mists and velvet inks of space, with God's voice mingling among the crystal fires."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Universe, Space, Beauty, Mystery, Divinity

"All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming children."

John Green, American Author

Universe, Heaven, Death, Motion

"All that we have seen is something of a vast and intricate and lovely universe. There is no particular theological conclusion that comes out of an exercise such as the one we have just gone through. What is more, when we understand something of the astronomical dynamics, the evolution of worlds, we recognize that worlds are born and worlds die, they have lifetimes just as humans do, and therefore that there is a great deal of suffering and death in the cosmos if there is a great deal of life."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Universe, Suffering, Life, Death

"The universe is amply supplied with night."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Universe, Darkness, Night, Mystery

"MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSEWithout the orchestra of the universe,There would be no ether. And without its instrumentationBy the ether, There would be no waves. And without any waves, There would be no sound. And without sound, There would be no music. And without music, There would be no life. And without a life force, There would be no matter. But it does not matter - Because what is matter, If there is no light?"

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Universe, Music, Life, Matter

"Stars are only the rain of the Absolute."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Universe, Stars, Nature, Mystery

"There are no walls at the edge of this universe...absence of gravity is the limit of space existence."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Universe, Truth, Wisdom, Future, Power

"The universe wants you to succeed. So listen to her deep driving desires and be a great success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Universe, Success, Desires, Listen

"For millenia, scientists always try to measurethe size of this vast universe. One way to know that is first to find the smallest single thing thatconstructs this universe. When they get it, the real measurement of universe can be understood for sure."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Universe, Truth, Wisdom, Science, Future

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"Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on."

Age, Change, Science, People

"When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance."

Discovery, Past, Prejudice

"But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens."

Challenge,

"When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else."

People, Privacy

"Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

Universe,

"But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science."

Science, Work

"Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy."

Democracy,

"We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?"

Time, Mammals, Mouse

"Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us."

People, Civilization, Culture, Past

"The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal."

History, Mistake, Habit, First