The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.
Haruki MurakamiTags: night sky blue night-sky painted strokes
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: beauty nature religion heavens stars night sky astronomy night-sky
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia
PtolemyTags: eternity stars mortality sky night-sky
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
PtolemyTags: eternity stars mortality sky night-sky
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
Galileo GalileiTags: beauty moon sky night-sky
Some praise the Lord for Light,
The living spark;
I thank God for the Night
The healing dark.
Tags: night-sky
Is there not
A tongue in every star that talks with man,
And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain;
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
Tags: night-sky
Look there.” Regina pointed toward the northern sky. “Polaris.”
Viktor looked up. “The constant north star, one of man’s most dependable guides.”
“Polaris will be waiting for us there when we are old and have experienced a lifetime of joys and regrets,” Regina said, a wistful note in her voice. “That fact makes me feel like one of God’s most insignificant creatures.
Tags: god night-sky lifetime polaris
The storm long past, the night sky was beset with stars. Pointing upward, I asked her to pick a point of light and stay with it. Standing up, I eased Sara to her feet. Whispering into her ear, I asked, “Have you ever stood under a star... and felt the earth move under your feet?
Michael PoeltlTags: stars travel space magical night-sky
Before we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open out under the sky. Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern forms of nocturnal entertainment we watched the stars. There were practical calendar reasons of course but there was more to it than that. Even today the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars. When it happens to me after all these years it still takes my breath away.
Carl SaganTags: stars space exploration astronomy night-sky nocturnal skywatcher
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