The Darkness Between the Stars Quotes

“Life and death are the lies ordinary matter tells itself to feel extraordinary for a brief moment in time.”
― Peter Cawdron, The Darkness Between the Stars

“Amidst an untold number of stars, she is utterly improbable, and yet here she is, soaring through the darkness! Is anything impossible in a potentially infinite universe?”
― Peter Cawdron, The Darkness Between the Stars

“universe will fall silent once more. As scary as it is to consider her own demise, Jane wonders about the impossibility of her life. The universe is inconceivable. There are at least a septillion stars in the visible universe, and no one is sure quite how far the universe stretches beyond the cosmic horizon. The research papers she’s read suggest it should be more than 250 times larger, turning a ridiculously large number of stars into an intangible and stupendous number. At a certain point, the sheer number of zeros in that number causes it to become effectively meaningless. It might as well be infinite. And for Jane, that’s significant. Amidst an untold number of stars, she is utterly improbable, and yet here she is, soaring through the darkness! Is anything impossible in a potentially infinite universe? If she came into being against the odds, who is to say she won’t come into being again or continue on in some other form? It’s inconceivable, but then, so is life itself. And”
― Peter Cawdron, The Darkness Between the Stars