#space

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#doctors #earth #encompass #engineers #food

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space. ↗

— Alan Davies

#cube #fitting #humanity #i #idea

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#seti #universe #space

As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place them three or four feet apart, lay a board across them, and repeat. Viola! Bookshelves! ↗

— Jan Karon

#books #literacy #reading #space

The silence isn't so bad, till I look at my hands and feel sad. Because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly. ↗

— Owl City

#sad #space

Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#space

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#patch #sat #space

An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#passion #time #space

What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary? ↗

— Derek Landy

#space

I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. ↗