22 Quotes by Janna Levin

There are faint stars in the night sky that you can see, but only if you look to the side of where they shine. They burn too weakly or are too far away to be seen directly, even if you stare. But you can see them out of the corner of your eye because the cells on the periphery of your retina are more sensitive to light. Maybe truth is just like that. You can see it, but only out of the corner of your eye.

To see some truths you must stand outside and look in.

The simpler the insight, the more profound the conclusion.

I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story.

Forever is a very long time, especially the bit towards the end.

Now, our Sun will not collapse to a black hole. It's actually not massive enough.

I'd like to convince you that the universe has a soundtrack and that soundtrack is played on space itself, because space can wobble like a drum.

I would say the connection between art and science is very tenuous for me. It's just that I'm interested in both. I don't think that my interest in art affects the kind of science that I do.

We have to wonder, if there is a multiverse, in some other patch of that multiverse are there creatures?