[quotes] _Contact_, Carl Sagan
Aug. 16th, 2004 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfox'"Let's see if I've got this straight," he returned. It was a phrase of hers that he had adopted. "It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, and there's this couple lying naked in bed reading the Encyclopedia Britannica to each other, and arguing about whether the Andromeda Galaxy is more 'numinous' than the Resurrection. Do they know how to have a good time, or don't they?"'
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1857)
'"Ever been in love?" The question was direct, matter-of-fact.
"Halfway, half a dozen times. But" - she glanced at the nearest telecope - "there was always so much noise, the signal was hard to find. And you?"
"Never," he replied flatly. There was a pause, and then he added with a faint smile, "But I have faith."'
I was right, I love this book. Even more than I love the movie (and I love the movie! It was the first movie I ever owned), I love this book.
And I'm amused that my first reaction to the picture at the end of the book was 'huh! He's cute!', followed by an attempt to figure out what sparked that reaction. He radiates joy. Radiating joy gets my attention quite strongly.
Joy and much adoration of this book. But now, I must sleep.
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars." -Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1857)
'"Ever been in love?" The question was direct, matter-of-fact.
"Halfway, half a dozen times. But" - she glanced at the nearest telecope - "there was always so much noise, the signal was hard to find. And you?"
"Never," he replied flatly. There was a pause, and then he added with a faint smile, "But I have faith."'
I was right, I love this book. Even more than I love the movie (and I love the movie! It was the first movie I ever owned), I love this book.
And I'm amused that my first reaction to the picture at the end of the book was 'huh! He's cute!', followed by an attempt to figure out what sparked that reaction. He radiates joy. Radiating joy gets my attention quite strongly.
Joy and much adoration of this book. But now, I must sleep.
