Was Thinking Tonight About the Greatness of Carl Sagan | The Intersection

The opening lines of Cosmos:

The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.

Our contemplations of the Cosmos stir us.

There’s a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice…

A faint sensation, as if a distant memory of falling from a great height.

We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries.

(Fully 30 years ago. And yes, I know that with our modern sensibilities, it feels a little bit cheesy…but still. You know you love it.)


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