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"There is no Space or TimeOnly intensity, And tame thingsHave no immensity"

"Here is Menard's own intimate forest: 'Now I am traversed by bridle paths, under the seal of sun and shade...I live in great density...Shelter lures me. I slump down into the thick foliage...In the fo..."

"To think that we grasp the fullness of life is to say that by holding a mere drop of water in our hands we are able to understand the immensity of the ocean."

"In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.[Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]"

"[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago."

"A man's heart is small, but it is surrounded by the immensity of its soul. Sometimes our words may appear silent, but they are certainly heading for infinity."

"The heart knows the immensity it wants to achieve, but it is limited."

"Have you ever plunged into the immensity of space and time by reading the geological treatises of Cuvier? Borne away on the wings of his genius, have you hovered over the illimitable abyss of the past..."

"I used to capture the vastness and the immensity of the world and confine it to the limited pages of the parchment."

"Ocean people are different from land people. The ocean never stops saying and asking into ears, which don’t sleep like eyes. Those who live by the sea examine the driftwood and glass balls that float ..."