the-real-seebs:

See also: The lovely piece Neil DeGrasse Tyson wrote about Carl Sagan giving him his phone number and saying to call and come stay with them if the bus couldn’t make it. “I already knew I wanted to be an astronomer. What I learned that day was what kind of person I wanted to be.” (Paraphrased, but it floats around tumblr, you’ll see it.)