"We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. "
— Hayao Miyazaki

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke (Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible)

"It may be that our role on this planet
is not to worship God--but to create him."
— Arthur C. Clarke

"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. "
— Jules Verne (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea)