“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
In the dim light of a falling autumn afternoon, a young woman named Ariadne climbed the rickety ladder to her grandfather’s attic. He had died three weeks ago, and the family had finally gathered to sort through what he’d left behind: old tools, yellowed photographs, a clock that no longer ticked. Cosmos - Carl Sagan
“For small creatures such as we,” Sagan had written, “the vastness is bearable only through love.” “The cosmos is within us
This is the emotional core of . It is not a book about avoiding the vastness of space; it is about embracing it. It argues that recognizing our insignificance in terms of size is the first step toward recognizing our profound significance in terms of connection. He had died three weeks ago, and the
"Look again at that dot," Sagan wrote. "That's here. That's home. That's us."
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