“The streetlights had already lit up on Bronnaya, and a golden moon hung over the Patriarchs. In the ever deceiving lunar light,… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
“The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring—and all of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The orange sky is rolling across the sky like a severed head, gentle light glimmers in the ravines among the clouds, the… — Isaac Babel Copy Share Image
Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon.… — Dogen Copy Share Image
The moon, our own, earthly moon is bitterly lonely, because it is alone in the sky, always alone, and there is no… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“I am trying to describe what I have never before attempted to put into words. I have made myself a little weary… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“From some infinite distance, ten thousand twists of light are suddenly projected into your eyes. You watch as they shimmer and tighten… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds;… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I count my time by times that I meet thee; These are my yesterdays, my morrows, noons, And nights, these are my… — Richard Watson Gilder Copy Share Image
If my setting is new to a reader, or the concerns of the novel are new, I hope they will learn something… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Here's the problem, when you're stargazing on a mountain top you are partially oxygen-deprived and you're in command of million dollars worth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
“So in this Hemisphere when the moon goes down, I sit in one of those all-night-into-mornings cafes, watching short short skies below… — Joseph Maviglia Copy Share Image
“In winter, the air is clear enough to drink, and your eyes can travel many hundreds of miles until they reach the… — Anuradha Roy Copy Share Image
All you need to do is recognize your true position as the witness. You only have to do this for some time,… — Mooji Copy Share Image
Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930s, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960s, it was putting a… — Eileen Claussen Copy Share Image
My birthplace was California, but I couldn't forget Armenia, so what is one's country? Is it land of the earth, in a… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Day was breaking at Plashwater Weir Mill Lock. Stars were yet visible, but there was dull light in the east that was… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“It was so awful! And he kept on looking at me and I knew I must get out of bed or he'd… — Evangeline Walton Copy Share Image
I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure… — George Biddell Airy Copy Share Image
“I've always felt that distant train whistles heard in the dead of night are the universe's way of letting us know the… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
Evidence of this [transformation of animals into fossils] is that parts of aquatic animals and perhaps of naval gear are found in… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon, their mistress, had expir'd before; The winds were wither'd in… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The lunar flights give you a correct perception of our existence. You look back at Earth from the moon, and you can… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
The jungle which is presided over by Kudu, the sun, is a very different jungle from that of Goro, the moon. The… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
“And there was the moon. A warm and visible greeting, a beacon of relief. Full, unshrouded, its edges crisp. It looked like… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much. It seemed to him it was… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“The sky was filled with fat stars, swollen from the long night. The moon had risen briefly and then slipped out of… — Juan Rulfo Copy Share Image
Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons, And diamond stars,… — Grace Noll Crowell Copy Share Image
“And so, as the stars came out, Miles took up his basket and made his way in the moonlight to the river,… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
We need to open the frontier between the Earth and Moon to large-scale human activities, we need to establish human outposts and… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
When I finally had the chance to make my childhood dream a reality - as a co-founder and chairman of Moon Express… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
As long as we are a single-planet species, we are vulnerable to extinction by a planetwide catastrophe, natural or self-induced. Once we… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
“I turn my telescope to Barnards Loop and M42, glowing in Orions sword. Stars are fires that burn for thousands of years.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the smoke from the factories and riverboats and trains would obscure the night sky entirely. But the town's industrial breath was… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
I'd like to protect children, too, but... is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good...… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“A lofty breeze rushed by, threatening to brush him over the ridge. He looked with hardened eyes off into the East as… — Evan Grinde Copy Share Image
“For it is through the darkness of the evening that we are able to see the stars. Without this darkness, we would… — Jennifer Sodini Copy Share Image