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1. “Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with Starr's Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a world Of destined habitation.”

John Milton

Creation, Cosmos, Stars, Divine Work, Infinity

2. “Where the stars are scattered thinly,′ quoted Barr, ‘And the cold of space seeps in.”

Isaac Asimov

Space, Stars, Universe, Exploration, Nature, Cold

3. “When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.”

Victor Hugo

Sacred Love, Cosmic Connection, Romantic Creation, Infinite Mystery, Love's Power, Stars

4. “When I consider how, after sunset, the stars come out gradually in troops from behind the hills and woods, I confess that I could not have contrived a more curious and inspiring sight.”

Henry David Thoreau

Stars, Sunset, Inspiration, Nature, Wonder

5. “When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

William Shakespeare

Death, Stars, Heaven, Night, Love

6. “What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.”

William Wordsworth

Pride Rocket, Emulating Stars, Vanity Questioned, Pride, Stars, Ego

7. “What do stars do? They shine.”

Neil Gaiman

Stars, Light, Inspiration, Nature, Simplicity

8. “We shine like those fires and those stars; we sigh like those waves; we suffer like those great ships, which are worn out in ploughing the waves, in obeying the wind which urges them towards an end, as the breath of God blows us towards a port. Everything likes to live, Raoul; and everything is beautiful in living things.”

Alexandre Dumas

Shining Stars, Breath Of God, Living Beauty, Stars, Ships, Life

9. “Watch the stars, and from them learn.”

Albert Einstein

Stars, Knowledge, Learning, Wonder, Universe

10. “Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.”

William Shakespeare

Stars, Motion, Sphere, Conflict, Unity

11. “To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs, however, and not even your own sun is recognizable.”

Isaac Asimov

Space, Stars, Perception, Perspective, Exploration, Knowledge

12. “Though here at journey’s end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, Nor bid the Stars farewell.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Journey, Darkness, Sun, Stars, Farewell

13. “The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.”

William Butler Yeats

Cosmic Energy, Inner Awakening, Celestial Inspiration, Winds, Stars, Inspiration

14. “The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.”

John Milton

Stars, Guidance, Nature, Journey, Divine Providence

15. “The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.”

William Wordsworth

Stars, Midnight, Beauty, Nature, Reflection, Tranquility

16. “The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.”

Henry David Thoreau

Stars, Night, Nature, Beauty, Wonder

17. “The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment!”

Henry David Thoreau

Stars, Universe, Perspective, Wonder, Connection

18. “The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth in the gloaming Than gold won by mining, So why go a-roaming? O! Tra-la-la-lally Come back to the Valley.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Stars, Moon, Fire, Beauty, Home

19. “The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection.”

Carl Jung

Cosmic Projection, Universal Story, Starry Heavens, Stars, Cosmos, Heaven

20. “The sky was clear and the stars were growing bright. ‘It’s going to be a fine night,’ he said aloud. ‘That’s good for a beginning. I feel like walking.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Sky, Stars, Night, Beginning, Adventure

21. “The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children.”

John Keats

Roaring Wind, Window Stars, Metaphoric Family, Wind, Stars, Family

22. “The real stars of society are tired of appearing there. He who is curious to gaze at them must often migrate to another hemisphere, where they are more or less alone.”

Marcel Proust

Stars, Society, Appearing Tired, Hemisphere Migration, Social Fame, Solitary Retreat

23. “The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.”

William Wordsworth

Primal Duties, Charitable Acts, Healing, Blessings, Humanity, Stars

24. “The magic of the craft has opened for me a world in which I shall confront, within two hours, the black dragons and the crowned crests of a coma of blue lightnings, and when night has fallen I, delivered, shall read my course in the stars.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Craft Magic, Fantasy, Adventure, Stars, Lightning, Journey

25. “The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.”

Khalil Gibran

Eternal Impact, Star Light, Timeless Influence, Stars, Greatness, Legacy

26. “The lamps are burning and the starry sky is over it all.”

Vincent Van Gogh

Nature, Light, Sky, Stars, Beauty

27. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

William Shakespeare

Responsibility, Fate, Choice, Stars, Accountability

28. “The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.”

George Eliot

Darkest Night, Stars Protest, Keenly Glancing, Night, Stars, Darkness

29. “That’s how you came here, like a star without a name. Move across the night sky with those anonymous lights.”

Rumi

Identity, Self-expression, Cosmic Journey, Stars, Spirituality, Self-discovery

30. “Teach me your mood, O patient stars. Who climb each night, the ancient sky. leaving on space no shade, no scars, no trace of age, no fear to die.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience, Eternity, Stars, Serenity, Mystery

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