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I saw the whole universe laid out before me, a vast shining machine of indescribable beauty and complexity. Its design was too intricate for me to understand, and I knew I could never begin to grasp more than the

I saw the whole universe laid out before me, a vast shining machine of indescribable beauty and complexity. Its design was too intricate for me to understand, and I knew I could never begin to grasp more than the smallest idea of its purpose. But I sensed that every part of it, from quark to quasar, was unique and - in some mysterious way - significant.

R. J. Anderson
Unique, Ideas, Design
R. J. Anderson (2011). “Ultraviolet”, p.290, Carolrhoda Lab

I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I’d had enough of trying to ignore them.

R. J. Anderson
Feelings, Trying, World
R J Anderson (2011). “Ultraviolet”, p.176, Hachette UK

But there were worse things than disappointment, and I'd lived through several of them already.

R. J. Anderson
Courage, Disappointment
R. J. Anderson (2011). “Ultraviolet”, p.216, Carolrhoda Lab

I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either.

R. J. Anderson
Thinking, Numbers
R. J. Anderson (2011). “Ultraviolet”, p.19, Carolrhoda Lab

I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. And as long as I had a part in the music of the spheres, even if it was only a single grace note, I was not worthless. Nor was I alone.

R. J. Anderson
Long, Grace, Cosmos
R. J. Anderson (2011). “Ultraviolet”, p.291, Carolrhoda Lab

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