Astronomy Quote by Gerald Durrell

“As I lay there, listening to the soft slap of the sea, and thinking these sad and strange thoughts, more and more and more…

— Iris Murdoch

“I leaned back on my palms, looking at the Milky Way spilling in modest grandeur across the sky. A fountain of stars frothing over,…

— Leah Raeder

“These are maybe the most exciting stars, those just above where sky meets land and ocean, because we so seldom see them, blocked as…

— Paul Bogard

“He speaks on, words washing over me, the way that sunlight skips over the surface of water and filters into the depths below, lighting…

— Lauren Oliver

“Galaxies swirl within your eyes, And I, I find myself mesmerized, By the stardust clinging to your lips, And the mystical thrill of your…

— Frances Woodard

“Milky way lips, Black hole pupils, Swirling inside galaxy irises, Ivory moon skin, Constellation smiles, She is the center of my universe.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Last night at 2:37 a.m. I stopped at the windy peak of Sheikh Mountains and watched the Milky Way. I couldn't tell if it…

— Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“Another star crossed the sky, twirling and twisting over itself, as if it were revelling in its own sparkling beauty. It was chased by…

— Sarah J. Maas

“This is for everyone who has ever looked at the stars, or gazed from atop a hill, or across the sea and wondered...”

— Tim Perkins

“In the pull of unknown, I sense my thirst and so I wander the way wild winds do, the way tides long for the…

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

“the appalling beauty of the vast milky mass, that lit up by a horizontal spangling sun, shifted and glistened like a living opal in…

— Herman Melville

“Look tonight at the stars. Let them overwhelm you in the postures of their bright dance. Face the vastness which they dot like silver…

— Robert H. Barlow