Writing Is Perhaps The Greatest Of Human Inventions.

“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person -perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millenia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time.”

~Carl Sagan

English: New York City. Stone dedicated to Carl Sagan at Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Česky: Pamětní kámen věnovaný Carlu Saganovi na Celebrity Path (stezka celebrit) Brooklynské botanické zahrady. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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June 29, 2012 | Categories: Author, Blogging, Inspiration, Quotes, Writing | Tags: Astronomy, Author, Book Writing, Carl Sagan, Cosmos, Demon Haunted World, History, Inspiration, laney mcmann, NASA, Pale Blue Dot, People, Writers Resources | Leave a comment