„The Gnostics thought the planet Earth was a cosmic mistake. I too feel that way — I’m through with this Earth before I’ve even departed from it.“

— Henry Miller

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„This is Major Tom to Ground Control.I'm stepping through the door,And I'm floating in a most peculiar way.And the stars look very different today.For hereAm I sitting in a tin can,Far above the world.Planet Earth is blue,And there's nothing I can do.“
— David Bowie
„It's the most wonderful life on earth.Or so I feel.“
— E.E. Cummings
„To make way for the regular and lasting Motions of the Planets and Comets, it's necessary to empty the Heavens of all Matter, except perhaps some very thin Vapours, Steams or Effluvia, arising from the Atmospheres of the Earth, Planets and Comets, and from such an exceedingly rare Æthereal Medium“
— Isaac Newton