life and the world and the stars

"I know you must think this is all very unfair. Maybe that's an understatement. What you don't know is I agree. I wish the world was a place where fair was the bottom line, where the kind of idealism you showed at the hearing was rewarded, not taken advantage of. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world."
"Funny, I've always believed that the world is what we make of it."
- from 1997's "Contact"

of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares

"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other."
- 1997's "Contact"

designed by...

"The first thing you've got to learn about this ship is that she was designed by geniuses to be run by idiots."

There are days when I feel like I'm a crewmember of the Caine, except for one thing: our New System is being designed by idiots to be run by idiots.