{"text":"But I will confess \u2028that I began as an astronomer—a liking\u2028for bright flashes, vast distances, unreachable things,\u2028a hand stretched always toward the furthest limit—\u2028and that my longing for you has not taken me\u2028very far from that original desire\u2028to inscribe a comet’s orbit around the walls\u2028of our city, to gently stroke the surface of the stars.","author":"Troy Jollimore","tags":["astronomer","inspirational","self","stars","the-origin-of-things"],"id":121484,"author_id":"Troy+Jollimore"}