"The world's present would end. Its future, immeasurably vaster, would also vanish. Even our past would be cancelled. Our struggle from the primal ooze, every childbirth, every personal sacrifice rendered meaningless, leading only to dust, tossed on the void-winds.
Save for Richard Nixon, whose name adorns a plaque upon the moon, no human vestige would remain"
I've been rereading Watchmen again since the trailer hit last week and it still stirs up all kinds of crazy thoughts and emotions. As powerful as that book was back in the 80s its significance has doubled since 9/11. I'll write more on this later once I have more time to sift through Moore's monumental achievement. Suffice to say: Nixon's name really is on the moon. How is that for mankind's footprint on the galaxy?
