“Every child's bedroom is as important as a telescope orbiting the planet earth or a philosopher's study.”
“I'm just a guy on a planet, orbiting a sun, surrounded by a vast space extending in every direction.”
“Ever he would wander, selfcompelled, to the extreme limit of his cometary orbit, beyond the fixed stars and variable suns and telescopic planets, astronomical waifs and strays, to the extreme boundary of space, passing from land to land, among peoples, amid events.”
“You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.”
“Persons with any weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits.”
“a creature who has kept a planet in its orbit for several billions of years will be able to manage a packing case!”