No matter what the universe has in store, it cannot take away from the
fact that you were born. You’ll have some joy and some pain, and all the
other experiences that make up what it’s like to be a tiny part of a
grand cosmos. No matter what happens next, you were here. And even when
any record of our individual lives is lost to the ages, that won’t
detract from the fact that we were. We lived. We were part of the
enormity. All the great and terrible parts of being alive, the shocking
sublime beauty and heartbreak, the monotony, the interior thoughts, the
shared pain and pleasure. It really happened. All of it. On this little
world that orbits a yellow star out in the great vastness. And that
alone is cause for celebration.
Sasha Sagan, For Small Creatures Such as We
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Ah, another Sagan speaking of our cosmic oneness. I had to go look her up to be sure! I can hear Carl's voice in my memory.
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