“We need a reserve of life, every kind of life,” he explained. “Today for the spirit—a glimpse of space and green. Tomorrow for survival, flat-out survival.”

—  Poul Anderson , book There Will Be Time

Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 5 (p. 53)

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