Minor Planet Names

Famous quotes containing the words minor, planet and/or names:

    “A certain minor light may still
    Leap incandescent

    Out of kitchen table or chair
    As if a celestial burning took
    Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then—”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “ET phone home.”
    —Melissa Mathison, U.S. screenwriter, and Steven Spielberg. ET, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, realizing he can contact his home planet (1982)

    “At present our only true names are nicknames.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)