Ernesto Cardenal Quote

In the beginning there was nothing neither space nor time. The entire universe concentrated in the space of the nucleus of an atom, and before that even less, much less than a proton, and even less still, an infinitely dense mathematical point.


Translated by John Lyons, Cosmic Canticle, Cantigua 1, Big Bang (p. 11)


In the beginning there was nothing neither space nor time. The entire universe concentrated in the space of the nucleus of an atom, and before that...

In the beginning there was nothing neither space nor time. The entire universe concentrated in the space of the nucleus of an atom, and before that...

In the beginning there was nothing neither space nor time. The entire universe concentrated in the space of the nucleus of an atom, and before that...

In the beginning there was nothing neither space nor time. The entire universe concentrated in the space of the nucleus of an atom, and before that...