“Empirically speaking, we are made of star stuff. Why aren’t we talking more about that?”
Maggie Nelson (1973) American writer
Source: The Argonauts
“We are all star stuff.”
Variant: We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science ed… 1934–1996Related quotes
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Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
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Julian Barnes (1946) English writer
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P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
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Mary Poppins (1934)
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“We all shine on… like the moon and the stars and the sun… we all shine on… come on and on and on…”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Variant: Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
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“Don't sweat the small stuff… and it's all small stuff.”
Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker
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“Bird and beast and stone and star — we are all one, all one —”
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
Source: Mary Poppins (1934), Ch. 10 "Full-Moon"
Context: "Bird and beast and stone and star — we are all one, all one —" murmured the Hamadryad, softly folding his hood about him as he himself swayed between the children.
"Child and serpent, star and stone — all one."