White Dwarf Matter

Famous quotes containing the words white, dwarf and/or matter:

    “The Thirties dreamed white marble and slipstream chrome, immortal crystal and burnished bronze, but the rockets on the Gernsback pulps had fallen on London in the dead of night, screaming. After the war, everyone had a car—no wings for it—and the promised superhighway to drive it down, so that the sky itself darkened, and the fumes ate the marble and pitted the miracle crystal.”
    —William Gibson (b. 1948)

    “A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size—take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.”
    —Milan Kundera (b. 1929)