According to Aristophanes in Plato ' s The Banquet , in the ancient world of legend there were three types of people . In ancient times people weren ' t simply male or female , but one of three types : male / male , male / female or female / female . In other words , each person was made out of the components of two people . Everyone was happy with this arrangment and never really gave it much thought . But then God took a knife and cut everyone in half , right down the middle . So after that the world was divided just into male and female , the upshot being that people spend their time running around trying to locate their missing half . . . Not just beautiful , though - the stars are like the trees in the forest , alive and breathing . And they ' re watching me . ― Haruki Murakami - . . . . . . . . ......................... Morning Bell ( Kid A ) - Radiohead Shooting Star ( SoundCloud ) - N 8 ST 9