Interstellar: The Official Movie Novelization

by Greg Keyes

“Nature can’t be evil?” Cooper said. “Formidable,” Brand said. “Frightening—not evil. Is a tiger evil because it rips a gazelle to pieces?”

“Evolution has yet to transcend that simple barrier—we can care deeply, selflessly for people we know, but our empathy rarely extends beyond our line of sight.”

“What are you doing?” she demanded. “Newton’s third law,” he said. “You have to leave something behind.”