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		I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence had been offered but which had not yet been explored in the proper way by scientists and philosophers.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Raymond Moody 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Brodkey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I discovered 'The Shield' back around 2010, when the Archie superheroes were licensed to DC Comics. From there, I went back into the archives and discovered this whole universe of characters, and I was hooked. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Christopher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. The fundamental idea that the Earth is a planet, that we are citizens of the Universe, was rejected and forgotten. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Sagan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The rash assertion that 'God made man in His own image' is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths, and as the hierarchy of the universe is disclosed to us, we may have to recognize this chilling truth: if there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they cannot be very important gods. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur C. Clarke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Clarence Darrow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		'Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified...' whispered my father.For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Elie Wiesel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Antony Garrett Lisi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marguerite Young 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It would seem staggeringly arrogant to think we were the only ones in the universe, but at the same time, I don't know if contact has been made yet or not because you think something like that would be hard to cover up. I'm still on the fence. I keep an open mind about all of these things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dean Haglund 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paulo Coelho 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe upon universe - and translates this into music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patti Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I am a verb. I am that I amNouns exist because there is a created universe and physical reality, but if the universe is only a mass of nouns, it is dead. Unless 'I am', there are no verbs, and verbs are what makes the universe alive 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				William P. Young 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Richard Feynman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aristotle Onassis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking, and you're over or you're not over. It's much the same when you are doing a tricky thing with a pen. There are times when I'm writing very, very fast. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick O'Brian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence had been offered but which had not yet been explored in the proper way by scientists and philosophers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Raymond Moody