The universe owes you nothing. It has already given you everything, after all. It was here long before you, and it will go on long after you. The only way it will remember you is to do something worth remembrance.

—Amie Kaufman in Illuminae

About Amie Kaufman

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Amie Kaufman is an Australian author. She has authored New York Times bestselling and internationally bestselling science fiction and fantasy for young adults. She is known for the Starbound Trilogy and Unearthed, which she co-authored with Meagan Spooner; for her series The Illuminae Files, co-authored with Jay Kristoff; and for...

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I should have told you I loved you every day. I should have given you the stars.

—Amie Kaufman in Illuminae

Most people would say I'm pretty cold, but I think of it more as… private. People are always saying "how are you?" to each other, and I guess I don't see why I should answer such a personal question for just anyone.

—Amie Kaufman in Illuminae

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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

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The crux… is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.

—William J. Broad

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I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.

—Edward Chilton

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In the Koran, Allah asks, "The heaven and the earth and all in between, thinkest thou I made them in jest?" It's a good question. What do we think of the created universe, spanning an unthinkable void with an unthinkable profusion of forms?… If the giant water bug was not made in jest, was it then made in earnest?

—Annie Dillard

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If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

—George Carlin

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