What an astonishing thing a book is—it's a flat object made ... - Carl Sagan

This quote is attributed to Carl Sagan.

"What an astonishing thing a book is—it's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles."

Carl Sagan Literature

Astronomer and Science Communicator American 1934–1996

More from Carl Sagan

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

"The cosmos is a vast living body, of which we are still parts."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."