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title: "2 Epiphany Quotes By Paul Bogard"
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> [“I had travelled from Spain into Morocco and from there south to the Atlas Mountains, at the edge of the Sahara Desert…one night, in a youth hostel that was more like a stable, I woke and walked out into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/i-had-travelled-from-spain-into-morocco-and-from-there-south-to-the/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

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> [“These are maybe the most exciting stars, those just above where sky meets land and ocean, because we so seldom see them, blocked as they usually are by atmosphere…and, as I grow more and more accustomed to the dark, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/these-are-maybe-the-most-exciting-stars-those-just-above-where-sky/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

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## More by Paul Bogard

> [“I had travelled from Spain into Morocco and from there south to the Atlas Mountains, at the edge of the Sahara Desert…one night, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/i-had-travelled-from-spain-into-morocco-and-from-there-south-to-the/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“My feeling is that an observer needs to see four hundred and fifty stars to get that feeling of infinitude, and be swept away…and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/my-feeling-is-that-an-observer-needs-to-see-four-hundred-and-fifty/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“Most days I live awed by the world we have still, rather than mourning the worlds we have lost. The bandit mask of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/most-days-i-live-awed-by-the-world-we-have-still-rather-than-mourning/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“I linger near Galileo’s telescopes, then round the corner and stand transfixed: I did not expect this- a dark, cool room full of globes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/i-linger-near-galileo-s-telescopes-then-round-the-corner-and-stand/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“Everything belongs to me in the night,” wrote Bretonne.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/everything-belongs-to-me-in-the-night-wrote-bretonne/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“With my naked eye, on nights the moon climbs slowly, sometimes so dusted with rust and rose, brown, and gold tones that it nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/with-my-naked-eye-on-nights-the-moon-climbs-slowly-sometimes-so/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“At least when it comes to light pollution what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/at-least-when-it-comes-to-light-pollution-what-happens-in-vegas-does/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“When I lie back and close my eyes, this farthest lip of beach right next to the end of the ocean feels like being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/when-i-lie-back-and-close-my-eyes-this-farthest-lip-of-beach-right/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“In these countless stars, in their clusters and colors and constellations, in the “shooting” showers of blazing dust and ice, we have always found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/in-these-countless-stars-in-their-clusters-and-colors-and/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

> [“These are maybe the most exciting stars, those just above where sky meets land and ocean, because we so seldom see them, blocked as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bogard/these-are-maybe-the-most-exciting-stars-those-just-above-where-sky/)

[Paul Bogard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bogard/)

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