Science casts a long black shadow back over who we think we are, and where it falls the … - Richard K. Morgan

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Many of us place top priority not on becoming Christ like in the middle of our problems but on finding happiness. . . . I must firmly and consciously by an act of my will reject the goal of becoming happy and adopt the goal of becoming more like the Lord.

Richard K. Morgan

Science casts a long black shadow back over who we think we are, and where it falls the temperature falls with it. Its touch is chilly and unforgiving.

Fall, Long, Science, Think, Thinking, Touch

Same Author Quotes

A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.

Atheism, Atheist, Clearly, Credibly, Philosophy, World

The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.

Country, Thug, Proud, See, Enough

Take what is offered and that must sometimes be enough.

Enough, Offered, Sometimes, Take

For all that we have done, as a civilization, as individuals, the universe is not stable, and nor is any single thing within it. Stars consume themselves, the universe itself rushes apart, and we ourselves are composed of matter in constant flux. Colonies of cells in temporary alliance, replicating and decaying and housed within, an incandescent cloud of electrical impulse and precariously stacked carbon code memory. This is reality, this is self knowledge, and the perception of it will, of course, make you dizzy.

Dizzy, Matter, Memories, Precariously, Reality, Stars

Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the tale you're telling.

Mean, Care, Fantasy, Happen, Turn, Telling