"Begirt with many a blazing star ... "

"Begirt with many a blazing a star ... " - The Occultation of Orion by H. W. Longfellow

" ... Stood the great giant Algebar"

" ... Stood the great giant Algebar" - The Occultation of Orion by H. W. Longfellow

"We decided to see if we could make ourselves motionless"

"We decided to see if we could make ourselves motionless" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Stars, hide your fires"

"Stars, hide your fires" - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

"Let not light see my black and deep desires"

"Let not light see my black and deep desires" - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

"Gone fishing"

"Gone fishing" - Will be back around 29th March by Martina

"Boys and girls get the same treatment, like it or not"

"Boys and girls get the same treatment, like it or not" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"We could help one another through it"

"We could help one another through it" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"They won't just come out and say, ... "

"They won't just come out and say, ... " - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

" ... and no one is allowed to see the whole picture"

" ... and no one is allowed to see the whole picture" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"I slept most of the afternoon and woke up feeling terrible"

"I slept most of the afternoon and woke up feeling terrible" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Now something funny happened inside of my head"

"Now something funny happened inside of my head" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Colorful insects flew around"

"Colorful insects flew around" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"That remembered image was all I had to go on"

"That remembered image was all I had to go on" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"The place began to hum and rumble"

"The place began to hum and rumble" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"A few hundred people lived here, at least in the summer"

"A few hundred people lived here, at least in the summer" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"People came here to hunt in the autumn"

"People came here to hunt in the autumn" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Thinking is a physical process that goes on in your nerve tissue"

"Thinking is a physical process that goes on in your nerve tissue" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"There was a lot he didn't know, ... "

"There was a lot he didn't know, ... " - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

" ... but nothing he was afraid to ask about, ... "

" ... but nothing he was afraid to ask about, ... " - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

" ... and ask about, and ask about, ... "

" ... and ask about, and ask about, ... " - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

" ... until he understood it perfectly"

" ... until he understood it perfectly" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"You always end up with the same answer"

"You always end up with the same answer" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"There was a lot of green and growing matter"

"There was a lot of green and growing matter" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"The roadside ditches were full of jumpweed and slashberry"

"The roadside ditches were full of jumpweed and slashberry" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"The light from above was emerald-colored at first"

"The light from above was emerald-colored at first" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Words have this remarkable property of possessing specific meanings"

"Words have this remarkable property of possessing specific meanings" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Our only media are chalk, ink and stone"

"Our only media are chalk, ink and stone" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"And we learn even more by trying and failing"

"And we learn even more by trying and failing" - N. by Stephen King