When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.
Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous, not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together for twenty years.
That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday.
I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.
- Ann Druyan
Joint statement by Yoon Suk-yeol presidential office press pool expresses regret that the office caused great confusion, demands that MBC be reinstated to board the presidential jet tomorrow. Interestingly, no mentions of the words "press freedom" etc.
https://t.co/vLbu4nC6DD
윤석열 후보, 이 사안도 선대위와 논의 없었다네요. 지금 김건희 보호하느라 영부인실 없앤다 같은 인터뷰 할 때입니까? 이준석 대표 상임선대위원장 사퇴로 선대위가 쑥대밭이 되었는데, 김건희 보호가 먼저입니까? 참 눈치도 없고 공적 기본이 안되어 있습니다. https://t.co/luVZfSrQ6n
탄핵이 어느 집 개 이름입니까?
팽목항에서 유민이를 애타게 기다리던 힘없고 평범한 아버지인 저를 사찰하고 단식할 때 고향인 정읍까지 내려가 사찰을 했던 박근혜 정부였습니다.
만일 사찰을 했다 하더라도 나경원과 자한당에서 할 말은 아닙니다.
정치를 하려는건가요 권력을 잡고 싶은 건가요?
기대했던 대로, 자한당 의원들과 청와대 비서실장, 민정수석이 생중계로 한 화면에 비교됐습니다.
자한당 의원들은 오늘 생중계가 향후 정치지형에 어떤 영향을 미칠지, 전혀 가늠하지 못했을 겁니다.
저 정도 판단력을 가진 사람들이 현대사의 대부분을 지배했다는 사실이, 새삼 부끄럽습니다.
In 2018 people stepped up and showed up like never before. Keep it up in 2019. We’ve got a lot of work to do, and I’ll be right there with you. Happy New Year, everybody!