Black hole: how an idea abandoned by Newtonians, hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved

It is therefore possible that the largest luminous bodies in the universe may be invisible

Newton, forgive me

One would then find oneself . . . in a geometrical fairyland

There should be a law of nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!

I'll show those bastards

Only its gravitational field persists

I could not have picked a more exciting time in which to become a physicist

It was the weirdest spectrum I'd ever seen

Why don't you call it a black hole?

Medieval torture rack

Whereas Stephen Hawking has such a large investment in general relativity and black holes and desires an insurance policy

Black holes ain't so black.