Book: Rendezvous with Rama

... Bomb ominously resembled a hammer raised to strike. It was hammer, powerful enough to crush the whole world.

He saw a lot, but her imagination carried him further away, it seemed to him that the ridges of the mountains are hidden magical country, full of astonishing creatures. And many years later, he avoided those places, knowing that the dream will not withstand a collision with reality.

The complete absence of sound - as is not natural: all human feelings need some stimulus. And if they are deprived of it, the brain tries to create a replacement.

Our perception is an unreliable thing. You think that everything is in order, and maybe take another breath and stretch the legs...