A female astronomy teacher stands within a star-filled night sky completing a lecture to her class.
ANNA: ...But do you realize that what we see represents only ten percent--possibly only one percent--of what exists? Most of the universe is hidden, invisible to us still, a mysterious absence. We know very little. Even the most basic insights elude us. How many stars are there, and how do we know there aren't more? Why do the planets spin, and if they don't spin, where do they go? If a black hole is truly black, and it it is really a hole, how can we be sure it's there? And within that dark matter, somewhere, does life exist? Oh, that reminds me: the word "consider" means literally "with the stars."
One on One, the Best Women's Monologues for the Nineties
Applause Theatre Books, New York, 1993
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