Cosmos - Carl Sagan

She looked up. The sky was clear, scattered with points of ancient light. For the first time, she didn’t just see stars. She saw ancestors.

Ariadne lay back on the weathered wood of the pier. The book rested on her chest, rising and falling with her breath. Cosmos - Carl Sagan

“We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean,” Sagan wrote. “We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” She looked up