"I've forgotten how long it was since we last saw each other. To me, a distance that takes eight light years to travel, that's no different than saying forever. You and I drift further and further apart. I had I had to do some things, do some things differently. I made my heart harder, colder, stronger. I stand before a door that will never open. Still, I could knock on it for eternity, and you will remain you. Beautiful, young, and I will grow older. I will grow older and alone."
— Noboru , Voices of a Distant Star
"Now it's two months out and it's two months back when you're pushin' the speed of light
Twenty years on your homeworld's track, pushin' the speed of light
And your friends are gone and your lovers too, and there's ne'er more left that you can do
And you try to lie, but you know it's true, pushin' the speed of light"
Twenty years on your homeworld's track, pushin' the speed of light
And your friends are gone and your lovers too, and there's ne'er more left that you can do
And you try to lie, but you know it's true, pushin' the speed of light"
— "Pushin' the Speed of Light" by Julia Ecklar and Anne Prather
Valentine: I'm boarding the first colony ship.
Ender: That journey will take fifty years.
Valentine: Only two if you're aboard.
Ender: That journey will take fifty years.
Valentine: Only two if you're aboard.
Gen. Hammond: [to Carter] Captain, relativity gives me a headache.
[...]
Jack O'Neill: What day is it?
Daniel Jackson: Well, this might be a little difficult to accept, but since you reported for duty yesterday, two weeks have actually gone by.
O'Neill: Two weeks? [Beat] I think I'll sleep in.
[...]
Jack O'Neill: What day is it?
Daniel Jackson: Well, this might be a little difficult to accept, but since you reported for duty yesterday, two weeks have actually gone by.
O'Neill: Two weeks? [Beat] I think I'll sleep in.
— Stargate SG-1, "A Matter of Time"
Scientist 1: They haven't aged a day. Einstein was right.
Scientist 2: Einstein was probably one of them.
Scientist 2: Einstein was probably one of them.
"If he had wanted to change history, he would have taken a trip back in time himself, by spinning himself at hyperlight speed."
— Superman Superman and Man
Supergirl: Don't lecture me, Kal. I'm still older than you.
Superman: No. You may have left Krypton that way, but you're not anymore. The wormhole got me here faster.
Supergirl: That's not fair.
Superman: Tell it to Einstein.
Superman: No. You may have left Krypton that way, but you're not anymore. The wormhole got me here faster.
Supergirl: That's not fair.
Superman: Tell it to Einstein.
"In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the Earth is old and grey
Little darling, we'll away
But my love, this cannot be
Oh so many years have gone, though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me"
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the Earth is old and grey
Little darling, we'll away
But my love, this cannot be
Oh so many years have gone, though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me"
— Queen, "'39"
