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  1. Alan Lightman _ Mr g: A Novel About The

    There were other, more subtle artistic effects. The slow shift of the light through each day caused shadows to drift, shorten and lengthen, producing constantly changing silhouettes. The summits of mountains, which might be pink in the mornings, turned violet and amaranth in the afternoon. ... Like music, {these phenomena} created a feeling that was not there before
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  2. Alan Lightman _ Mr g: A Novel About The

    Will these millions of children, for generations upon future generations, know that some of their atoms cycled through this woman? {...} Will they feel what she felt in her life, will their memories have flickering strokes of her memories, will they recall that moment long ago when she stood by the window, guilt ridden and confused, and watched as the tadr bird circled the cistern? No, it is not possible. {...} But I will let them have their own brief glimpse of the Void, just at that moment they pass from living to dead, from animate to inanimate, from consciousness to that which has no consciousness. For a moment, they will understand infinity.
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  3. Alan Lightman _ Mr g: A Novel About The

    Two men who had never seen each other before and would not likely see each other again. But their sincerity and sweetness, their sharing an instant in a fleeting life. It was almost as if a secret had passed between them. Was this some kind of love? I wanted to follow them, to touch them, to tell them of my happiness. I wanted to whisper to them: 'This is it. This is it'".
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  4. Alan Lightman _ Mr g: A Novel About The

    -But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.
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