Celestial Bodies

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'There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.'

- I. Corinthians, Chapter XV, Verses 40-41

I came across this passage in the book I'm reading, The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. It's quite an intense book, and the characters in it themselves seem like celestial bodies, following an unseen gravitational pull or orbit. I get the impression that the author's own life was like this. Here is a fascinating snippet of interview with Hazzard.