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Earth Abides
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"Earth Abides" Quotes

After a devastating pandemic, a man struggles to survive and rebuild society in a world that has been drastically changed.

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Men go and come, but earth abides.

George R. Stewart

naturetime

The best is perhaps what we understand the least.

George R. Stewart

understandingknowledge

The only thing we can be sure of is that we must change.

George R. Stewart

changecertainty

In every war, there are always two sides; but really only one, the enemy.

George R. Stewart

warconflict

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given.

George R. Stewart

virtuecriticism

The way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no waning and the noon of his expression signals the onset of night.

George R. Stewart

lifemortality

A man is a fool who prefers to live in the past.

George R. Stewart

foolishnesspast

The acts of living are the best graces in the end.

George R. Stewart

lifegrace

The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

George R. Stewart

knowledgedoubt

We all want to see the unseen and know the unknown.

George R. Stewart

curiosityknowledge