# Quote — Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds

> One starry night, as we lay together on the deck of a ship in the Pacific, we spotted a dolphin couple riding the wave off the hull. We watched them for about 10 minutes, when suddenly in a single graceful motion they peeled off the wave at a right angle and disappeared into the deep. They moved in unison as if they had been communicating in some mysterious way. Carl looked at me and smiled: "That's us, Annie," he said. We had 20 years until his death made me a permanent exile from that world we discovered together. I was suicidal. But our children were still young and as their mother I had no choice but to live. So I carried what I learned with Carl inside me and have done my best to keep his flame burning. I rededicated my life to continuing the work we had done together.

- Author: [Ann Druyan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-druyan.md)
- Book: [Cosmos: Possible Worlds](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-druyan/cosmos-possible-worlds.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ann-druyan/cosmos-possible-worlds/one-starry-night

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> The vastness of the universe-and love, the thing that makes the vastness bearable-is out of reach to the arrogant.

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> Carl made me want to be the best human being I could be.

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> When we fell in love, it was like discovering a new world. It was one that I had hoped was possible but had never been to before.

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