One thing seems certain. Our galaxy is now in the brief springtime of its life–a springtime made glorious by such brilliant blue-white stars as Vega and Sirius, and, on a more humble scale, our own Sun. Not until all these have flamed through their incandescent youth, in a few fleeting billions of years, will the real history of the universe begin. It will be a history illuminated only by the reds and infrareds of dully glowing stars that would be almost invisible to our eyes; yet the sombre hues of that all-but-eternal universe may be full of colour and beauty to whatever strange beings have adapted to it. They will know that before them lie, not the millions of years in which we measure eras of geology, nor the billions of years which span the past lives of the stars, but years to be counted literally in the trillions. They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge. They will be like gods, because no gods imagined by our minds have ever possessed the powers they will command. But for all that, they may envy us, basking in the bright afterglow of creation; for we knew the universe when it was young. Arthur C. Clarke
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
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Unknown
It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.
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Audrey Niffenegger
It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.
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Audrey Niffenegger
Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity.
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Roy T. Bennett
One day spent with someone you love can change everything.
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Mitch Albom
More Quotes By Arthur C. Clarke
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.
Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.
