One glance at (a book) and you hear the voice of another person - perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millenia, the author is spe… - Carl Sagan

Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.

Writing is perhaps the greatest human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.

Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.

Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time — proof that humans can work magic.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

The lure of the marvelous blunts our critical faculties.

There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question.