“Look at the sky, said Harold, chewing thoughtfully. It’s so big.

And so blue.

Beyond the blue is the vast blackness of the cosmos.

Yes. But spreckled with uncountable stars. They’re shining right now. We just cant see them. I suppose thats just another instance of all thats going on that is beyond human perception.

. . . She turned and looked out at the setting sun. Theyre it goes, she said wistfully. Sinking over the horizon where were all going to go. The colors are changing and soon theyll be gone, leaving us with darknessand stars.”

—Colin Higgins, from Harold and Maude, the novel, not the movie, 1971.