Let
there be light“Ever since we crawled out of that primordial
slime, that’s been our unifying cry, “More light.” Sunlight. Torchlight.
Candlelight. Neon, incandescent lights that banish the darkness from our caves
to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the
night games at Soldier’s Field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we
read under the covers when we’re supposed to be asleep. Light is more than
watts and footcandles. Light is metaphor. Light is knowledge, light is life,
light is light. “
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, 1993
Living things and the Processes
of Life
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