Roger Ebert, the famous film critic, opens his memoir with
The center of the universe, like the answer to the question Where did we come from?, is one of those ideas that are clear: we clearly came from a great source, a wonderful place and wonderful ancestors. And, we are clearly at the center of the universe. Maybe there are multi-verses but the one that matters is the one we know and are in. It is really the center, OUR center, if not your center.
I LIVED AT the center of the universe. The center was located at the corner of Washington and Maple streets in Urbana, Illinois, a two-bedroom white stucco house with green canvas awnings, evergreens and geraniums in front, and a white picket fence enclosing the backyard.
Ebert, Roger (2011-09-13). Life Itself: A Memoir (p. 9). Grand Central Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Which is odd, since Lynn and I just took pictures of each other at the center of the universe, which is in Wallace, Idaho
The center of the universe, like the answer to the question Where did we come from?, is one of those ideas that are clear: we clearly came from a great source, a wonderful place and wonderful ancestors. And, we are clearly at the center of the universe. Maybe there are multi-verses but the one that matters is the one we know and are in. It is really the center, OUR center, if not your center.
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