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Jun. 23rd, 2014 12:05 amTo the people from Alpha Centauri we're the people from the sun.
Strange that the stars meant so much to everyone before we knew the most important thing about stars: that we're in them, on them, of them, that they're here. The city lights that put them out are really just the same.
You're never so many paces from someone in tears, someone in love, someone in search, someone insane. When you're one or some or all of these you're never so many paces from someone.
To feel how far away we are is also to feel how close. Some of this on every beach, at every campfire at night. Maybe they didn't have to know what they were knowing. Maybe some things are known for you by other things you know.
Strange that the stars meant so much to everyone before we knew the most important thing about stars: that we're in them, on them, of them, that they're here. The city lights that put them out are really just the same.
You're never so many paces from someone in tears, someone in love, someone in search, someone insane. When you're one or some or all of these you're never so many paces from someone.
To feel how far away we are is also to feel how close. Some of this on every beach, at every campfire at night. Maybe they didn't have to know what they were knowing. Maybe some things are known for you by other things you know.
