“In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.”
Source: The Bridges of Madison County
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American writer 1939–2017Related quotes

We'll Never Conquer Space (1960)
Context: When the pioneers and adventurers of our past left their homes in search of new lands, they said good-bye forever to the place of their birth and the companions of their youth. Only a lifetime ago, parents waved farewell to their emigrating children in the virtual certainty that they would never meet again.
And now, within one incredible generation, all this has changed.

“It doesn’t matter how many universes come and go, I will always remember who we were together.”
Source: The Beauty of Darkness
“A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be still.
Wait.”
The Lost Son," ll. 168-172
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?”