Quotes About Exploration

they introduced me to extended communities of faith through writers I had never heard of before . . . Along with the writings of Gerald May and Thomas Keating, whom I had not known before, I was encouraged to explore or revisit a few other writers, including Richard Rohr (Adam's Return and The Naked Now), Thomas Merton (Thoughts

Only people with one short life want to go tearing out into the great unknown with nothing more than a flashlight and a stick to poke the rattlers with.

Now he was sitting in the bridge, about to embark on the voyage that would put him on the same list as Columbus

Peter F. Hamilton

Laser radar guided the starship

Well, guess what happened when somebody's starship went poking around? The goddamn thing was packed full of scientists desperate to see what was inside. I mean, why you dumbasses see curiosity as one of your overriding virtues is anyone's guess. Ever heard of caution?

Astronauts got laid a lot .

Astronomy post 2050 had effectively ceased to be a pure science.

For a moment he regretted not using the original configuration, a wormhole wide enough to swallow a gas giant. This was only a kilometer across. But it did extend for twenty-eight thousand light-years. It works. I was right. I was right about everything. The Anomine, the Raiel. Everything. "I win," he said softly, then shouted it. "I fucking win! And the universe knows it.

There must be so many humans spread across the galaxy now; it isn't hard to think they found one star that's safe from the enemy.

Peter F. Hamilton

We should take our time and reach the Dyson Pair as we expand naturally, not pull off this crazy Apollo stunt.

She walked though the broad thoroughfares between them

Peter F. Hamilton

Peter F. Hamilton

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. - Tochee

I sailed upon oceans, and I thought no challenge could be greater, and now men sail the void between stars. Oh, how I remember them. The constellations burning so bright at night. How could I ever have known? God's creation has a majesty which lays men bare at his feet.

Around them, the rest of the thirty-strong fleet was moving, spreading wide as they left the three habitats behind, assuming the broad circular formation that they would maintain for the next hundred thirty-seven light-years.

Millions of humans live inside the Void. They live lives full of hope and love and laughter; they live lives better than any of us out here.

There's a Silfen path on Viotia?" "Yes. They don't use it much. They don't enjoy planets with civilizations like ours on them.

It does seem somewhat classical. One can hardly credit that Dante did actually get shown around Hell.

There must be a way.

Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.

What's a lightwave ship?" "UFO, basically." "Cool," Angela said.