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Now there were stars overhead, hanging like frozen spears of light, stabbing the night sky.

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I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can preten...more

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Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?

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Few of us have seen the stars as folk saw them then - our cities and towns cast too much light into the night - but, from the village of Wall, the sta...more

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I don't really like driving in the snow. There's something about the motion of the falling snowflakes that hurts my eyes, throws my sense of balance a...more