Mankind was not unique, maybe not even special. It was just a question of time before prevailing homo centric notion of universe was to be irrevocably shattered by clearer awareness of the Others.(pg23)

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The memories of the terrible traumas of their youth during the Chaos haunted the adult generation and made them extremely rigid in their application of parental discipline. To them life was not a joyride at am amusement park. It was a deadly serious affair…(pg33)

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Our conversation reminds me of that old Hindu proverb about the blind men who felt the elephant, They all described it differently, for of them touched only a small part of the animal. None of them was correct.(pg 216)

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there came from inside her a different voice, an assertive, optimistic voice that refuse to let her give up. It told her that any time of being alive was precious and wonderful, that simply being conscious at all, ever, was an overwhelming miracle of nature.(pg292)

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Father of Nicole des Jardin to the audience on a ceremony for his successful scientific career:

For when your life is over, if you can say “I have learned” and “I have loved”, you will also be able to say “I have been happy(pg297)”

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All bureausicracies are the same. They drain the life out of the truly creative people and develop mindless paper-pushers as their critical mass(pg339)

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There may be or not may be a god;I may or may not believe in him. The only way I can lose is if there is a go and I do not believe him. Therefore I shall believe in him to minimize my risk(pg479)

It was a real excitement to image myself (just for a minute ) in Rama and try to look around and at the same the check my back to see whether there is a biot trying to rip me apart!