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The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe

Joseph Fink

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not. We never are. But that’s not the right question. The question is: Are we living a life that is worth the harm?”

“All the beauty in the world was made within the oppressive limitations of time and death and impermanence.”

“At your smallest components, you are indistinguishable from a forest fire.”

“Be proud of your place in the cosmos. It is so small. And yet it is.”

“May we all be human: beautiful, stupid, temporal, endless. And as the sun sets, I place my hand upon my heart, feel that it is still beating, and remind myself: "Past performance is not a predictor of future results.”

“Be proud of your place in the cosmos. It is small, and yet it is. How unlikely! How fantastic!”

“We wake up. We move on. No state is our state forever. All is fleeting.”

“Night Vale, my sweet and only Night Vale, may you find love. May you find it wherever it's been hidden. May you find who has been hiding it and extract revenge upon them.”

“We all chose to stand down and hope change would be won for us, and not by us. By someone else, we believed. A hero, we believed. But belief is only step one. Action is step two. Fighting for what you believe is step two. Solidarity is step two. Unity is step two.”

“It was a lovely sight," said one witness. "I cannot even begin to describe the beauty of her ascension," said another. "You kind of did, though," said another witness, who was wearing a fedora. "By saying you cannot describe something, that is a sort of apophasis (a paralipsis, if you will), which gives the mind an implied description through nondescription," he continued.”

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