What did Jack McDevitt mean by: How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top? - Jack McDevitt Copy
+ If you’re paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn’t sufficiently occupied. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Attention, Mind, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ If you’re right, and nobody really cares what’s out there, I wonder whether we’re even worth saving. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Care, Saving, Wonder, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Ideas, Solitude, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Mind, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ Don’t assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Assumption, Individual, Intelligent, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Senses, Silence, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don’t have to wait for anybody. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Waiting, 0 - Jack McDevitt
+ We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jack McDevitt, Heard, Stars, 0 - Jack McDevitt
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