Time-istheultimateillusion - Time Is An Illusion

Many things interested her, and nothing satisfied her entirely.

Ivan Turgenev (b. 9 November 1818)

― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles

“On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon. A 70mm camera was programmed to look out a window toward Earth, and take a series of photographs from “high apogee.” Seen looking west are coastal Brazil, the Atlantic Ocean, West Africa and Antarctica. This photograph was made as the Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage, orbited Earth at an altitude of 9,544 miles.” (Image credit: NASA)

Him: my tastes are… unconventional.

Him: i like nietzsche, kant and bukowski

Me:

Me: you’re a straight white dude how is this unconventional

“And the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that’s where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”

— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist