# Quote — Michael Crichton, The Lost World

> "A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe? They believed in photons and electrons. Can you imagine anything so silly?' They'll have a good laugh, because by then there will be newer and better fantasies. And meanwhile, you feel the way the boat moves? That's the sea. That's real. You smell the salt in the air? You feel the sunlight on your skin? That's all real. You see all of us together? That's real. Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else."

- Author: [Michael Crichton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton.md)
- Book: [The Lost World](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/the-lost-world.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-crichton/the-lost-world/a-hundred-years

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