Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Cammie: I never knew there were this many stars. Zach: I can't see them. I just see you.

Before we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open out under the sky. Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern forms of nocturnal entertainment we watched the stars. There were practical calendar reasons of course but there was more to it than that. Even today the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars. When it happens to me after all these years it still takes my breath away.

The sight of stars makes me dream.

Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.

Look for the stars, you'll say that there are none; / Look up a second time, and, one by one, / You mark them twinkling out with silvery light, / And wonder how they could elude the sight!

I can see the stars again m'lady.

For myself, I declare I don't know anything about it. But the sight of the stars always makes me dream.

The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes

At night the sky is pure astronomy.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.

The thing I like about astronomy is being outside at night and seeing the stars in a dark sky. It makes you feel small.

Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.

Counting stars by candlelight all are dim but one is bright; the spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from the northwest corner of a brand-new crescent moon crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune.

Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.

All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.

Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening to Duran Duran. Stars? Who remembers stars? Come to think of it, had I even looked up at the sky recently? Had the stars been wiped out of the sky three months ago, I wouldn’t have known.

Look at the stars! Look, look up at the skies! Oh look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there!

... and we shall find A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.

The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.

Even today the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars. When it happens to me after all these years it still takes my breath away.