2,123 Quotes About Earth

I never thought before,” said Tirin unruffled, “of the fact that there are people sitting on a hill, up there, on Urras, looking at Anarres, at us, and saying, ‘Look, there’s the Moon.’ Our earth is their Moon; our Moon is their earth.” “Where, then, is Truth?” declaimed Bedap, and yawned. “In the hill one happens to be sitting on,” said Tirin.

You wonderful falling star, escaped from the eternal bliss.You angel of light, Who carries the sun under his wings. Why did you descend on Earth?Immortal butterfly of light, who challenged my existence."(fragment from "An immortal appearance", chapter Hope)

You wonderful falling star, escaped from the eternal bliss.You angel of light, Who carries the sun under his wings. Why did you descend on Earth?"(fragment from "An immortal appearance")

You will wander the dark places under the earth, but you will come back with the sun.

If you think of the moon as already used, it’s not as difficult to take in, because then it’s just like you,Traveled the world like you,Seen the globe like you,But, it’s still bright.

What kind of world did our fathers abandon us to?

ENDURANCEI don't know you,But I love you,Just as God loves me and you.The sun and the moonAre opposing forces,But they still greet each other,Peacefully,As one awakens in the morning,Just as the other goes to sleep.Life has pounded me downAnd thrashed me around,Time and time again,But I always get right back up,Because I still love life -Just as the earth still lovesThe rain.

It's still home, Cager, and there's something about home, no matter how untidy we've left it.

Here we have both a paradox, and a beautiful symmetry. It is a duality. I am the earth and you are the moon, and you are the earth and I am the moon.