Quote of the Week: Cosmology

"...The first thing you have to understand is that time is not like a string."

"Time is not like a string?"

"Some people think it is. It isn't. Time also isn't like a series of frankfurters, a loop, a figure eight, a fast train, a fast train with a mosquito in it, a melting ice cube, a floppy pocket watch, a French cookie, rotten apples, Silly Putty, or Swiss cheese."

"No?"

"No."

"So?"

"So, time is like a map of the state of New Jersey - not like the state of New Jersey or even the state of New Jersey seen from the air, or from a satellite - it is like a map of the state of New Jersey. Got that?"

"Sure."

"Okay, next is space. Space is sort of like a bagel, but an elliptical one, with poppy seeds."

 - Daniel Pinkwater, Borgel (pp.35-36 in 4 Fantastic Novels)