... which went on to infinity, or as near infinity as makes no difference. In fact it was about a mile. That's big for a room, whereas infinity you can hardly see. (SM)
CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE ROOM ...
... which went on to infinity, or as near infinity as makes no difference. In fact it was about a mile. That's big for a room, whereas infinity you can hardly see. (SM)
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This was the definition of eternity; it was the space of time devised by the Great God Om to ensure that everyone got the punishment that was due to them. (SG)
Forever didn’t seem to last as long these days as once it did. (WA)
Space he thought. That was the trouble. It was never like this on worlds with everlastingly cloudy skies. But once humans saw all that space, their brains expanded to try and fill it up. (DWCN)
Thats wizards for you, he thought gloomily as he waded between the dripping arches, always probing the infinite but never noticing the definite, especially in the matter of household chores. (ER)
... nothing has to be true for ever. Just for long enough, to tell you the truth. (TT)
'Nothing ever finishes. Nothing’s ever really over.’
It was Johnny who said that. He was surprised at himself. ‘Correct! Are you a physicist?’ ‘Me?’ said Johnny. ‘I don’t know the anything about science!’ ‘Marvellous! Ideal qualification!’ said Einstein. ‘What?’ 'Ignorance is very important! It is an absolutely essential step in the learning process!' (JD) Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way. (J)
'There are, some like to suggest, an infinite number of universes in order to allow everything that may happen a place to
happen in. This is of course nonsense, which we entertain only because we believe words are the same as reality. Now, however, I can prove my point, since in such an infinity of worlds there would have to be one where I would applaud your recent action and, let me assure you, sir, infinity is not that big!' (MM) That’s the advantage of space. It’s big enough to hold practically anything, and so, eventually, it does.
This is the butterfly of the storms.
See the wings, slightly more ragged than those of the common fritillary. In reality, thanks to the fractal nature of the universe, this means that those ragged edges are infinite – in the same way that the edge of any rugged coastline, when measured to the ultimate microscopic level, is infinitely long – or, if not infinite, then at least so close to it that Infinity can be seen on a clear day. And therefore, if their edges are infinitely long, the wings must logically be infinitely big. They may look the right size for a butterfly’s wings, but that’s only because human beings have always preferred common sense to logic. (IT) Infinity contains more than you think.
Everything, for a start. (WA) That’s how we survive infinity - we kill it by breaking it up into small bits. (P)
Susan stared at him.
The blue glow in Death’s eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and the darkness beyond... ...which went on and on, forever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone. (SM) |
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