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Eclipse Quotes

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.

"Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Venus transit: It’s not about the ‘spectacle’" by Emi Kolawole, www.washingtonpost.com. June 5, 2012.

You are safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there.

Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark.

John Milton (1785). “Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin”, p.18

An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.14, Courier Corporation

I’ve chosen my life — now I want to start living it.

"Eclipse". Book by Stephenie Meyer, August 7, 2007.

A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.

William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.32, Barron's Educational Series

Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 594

Kiss me, Jacob. Kiss me, and then come back.

Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company