“Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.”

Source: The Rise of Endymion (1997), Chapter 25 (p. 531)

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean [Episode 1]

Source: The Battle for Skandia

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The Search Warrant (2000)

"Stone River Enters Stanford University's Outdoor Art Collection" (4 September 2001)

Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Context: I was on par with the Creator of the Universe there in the dark in the cocktail lounge. I shrunk the Universe to a ball exactly one light-year in diameter. I had it explode. I had it disperse itself again.
Ask me a question, any question. How old is the Universe? It is one half-second old, but the half-second has lasted one quintillion years so far. Who created it? Nobody created it. It has always been here.
What is time? It is a serpent which eats its tail, like this:
This is the snake which uncoiled itself long enough to offer Eve the apple, which looked like this:
What was the apple which Eve and Adam ate? It was the Creator of the Universe.
And so on.
Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes.

Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay