quotations about the moon
The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right,
White as a knuckle and terribly upset.
It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet
With the O-gape of complete despair.
SYLVIA PLATH
"The Moon and the Yew Tree", Ariel
The moon: sweet regent of the sky.
WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE
"Cumnor Hall"
Contact light.
BUZZ ALDRIN
the actual first words spoken from the surface of the Moon; over six hours later, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and uttered the immortal line "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", July 20, 1969