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Alan Lightman Quotes: Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.
         

Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.


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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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