

“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”
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“He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper

“My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
― The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
― The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
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