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Alan Lightman Quotes: As I understand it, a universe is a ... well, a totality. A universe is everything that is, as far as the inside of the thing.
         

As I understand it, a universe is a ... well, a totality. A universe is everything that is, as far as the inside of the thing.


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-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.



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All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.



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The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.



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Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.



While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.



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