"It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon."

Earth, Energy, Stars

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"It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon."

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"We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

Earth,

"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Earth,

"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Earth,

"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Earth, Ugly

"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Earth, Forget, Light

"He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?"

Lord Byron, British Poet

Earth,

"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Earth, Rights, Majority, Minority

"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Earth, Race

"It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is."

Philippe Perrin, French Astronaut

Earth, Flying

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Earth, Feet, Forget, Hair

Explore more quotes by Kate Chopin

"In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march."

Dissent, Feet, March

"The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached."

Nature, Abundance, Passion

"He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods."

God, Gods, Painting, Pleasure, Possessions

"A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it."

World,

"It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows."

Weather, Deep, Fire, Light, Shadows

"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills."

Heart, Disease, Doctors, Joy

"It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon."

Earth, Energy, Stars

"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?"

Music, Earth, Wind, Wonder

"I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery."

Trust, Editors, Flattery, Giving

"She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited."

Love, Kiss, Chess, Eyes, Smile