Astronomy Quote by R. S. Thomas

“How loose he seemed to himself, under the stars! The spaces between the stars were pores, out of which human meaning evaporated.”

— Annie Dillard

“There is a wide yawning black infinity. In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is…

— Carl Sagan

Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“blackness of deep space with a few stars glittering like the dandruff on the shoulders of God.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Until finally he sees-- as it lies all around him-- the truth: it is space that makes stars.”

— Ben Loory

“He lay back down on the snow. “What’s the name for the space between stars?” “No such name.” “Make one up.” I thought about…

— Hannah Kent

“Suddenly, like a fizzling light bulb, the sun seems to wither on its interstellar vine. Everything darkles. Shadows caper in the stands and behind…

— Jeremy Thompson

“His own true hidden reality that he had desired to know grew palpable, recognizable. It seemed to him just this: a great, glad, abounding…

— Clemence Housman

Lying under such a myriad of stars. The sea’s black horizon. He rose and walked out and stood barefoot in the sand and watched…

— Cormac McCarthy

“He'd never seen the galaxy like this before, so close, so clear, parallel tracks of stars merging and separating, all of it wheeling as…

— A.W. Baldwin

We find it hard to picture to ourselves the state of mind of a man of older days who firmly believed that the Earth…

— Anatole France

“Cold comradeship do stars provide. They light the closer, inner side Of night's vast weight, which, chill and clear, Pulls on us like some…

— McKenzie Bodkin