"On Earth, much of the wrenching discomfort of emesis, apart from the sensation of nausea itself, is from the coordination of many muscles it takes to counter gravity."

"Which came first — the observer or the particle?"

"Is it a form of social play that underneath the words people say, there is a different conversation going on?"

"The success of SpaceShipOne was Justice Day for dreamers and pioneers past, present and future."

"The stars are not the limit."

"Poetry emulates the Cosmos perhaps because the Cosmos itself is the grandest conceivable example of rhythm, rhyme, harmony and concinnity."

"Some animals on Earth regurgitate as opposed to vomit, i.e., stomach contents flow up into the esophagus without any forceful abdominal contractions. What I experienced in zero gravity was similar to this, expulsion without the heaves."

"Dreams are the food of human progress. Poetry, like all physics, ultimately quantifies the unquantifiable that is beyond all form."

"Fear plants the whisper to beware but doesn't look to see who's there."

"I believe Love is the most courageous act of which a human being is capable. The word courage even stems from the root word “heart” (coeur). Scientifically speaking, it is quantifiable only by recognition of its quality."

"We are progeny of not just the Earth, but of the cosmos. And as its progeny it is our duty use the best of our ability and continue that."

"Everybody's got soul. It's a matter of what condition it's in."

"You are not going to find yourself anywhere except right where you are."

"The news is disease in disguise pretending to be information."

"In her heart she harbors hatred for me, but it would ruin the game if we didn't have tea. The words slither out laced with venom so vile it would pucker my face but she says it and smiles."

"Because I had goodwill for all, / I thought all were my friends. / And then I learned of treachery, / that some preferred my end. / It wasn't the goodwill I felt / that made someone a friend. / What handy day, the one I learned / the meaning of the word. / How good to know my enemies /(though their reasons are absurd!)"

"Our neighborhood - this solar system, the cosmos, actually - is so much more vast and amazing than the paltry headlines, insanity, and politics crammed at us daily as so-called news. The beauty of the hood and discoveries that await us are deserving of our attention and mandatory to our survival as a species."

"What I saw was the hoax: Immortals questioning mortality when they should have asked eternity."

"Pay me for my work, but I don't do it for the money."

"Understanding precedes peace."

"Style of the future is the convergence of function and fashion."

"Stella, I never knew you but here I am, in your room, a week after your death. … I thought of you, Stella, and wondered if you watched your moments, or if they all snuck by. I whispered your name into the day, carried on for you in reverence, and I felt you rest and continue the smile."

"Once someone I was working with said, 'You know, Vanna, some people think about what they're having for lunch tomorrow and you're thinking hundreds of years into the future.'"

"Some things can never be explained. Like the summer Jim died and they called his name the next year in class and he didn't answer."

"The really exciting focus here [is] the event and others like it that encourage, support and celebrate the enterprising innovation of pioneers working to give humanity wings."

"There is only now. And look! How rich we are in it!"

"The true poem rests between the words."

"Love is a quality, not a quantity."

"Our heartbeats pounding tomorrow into being..."

"People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon."

"Thirty-six million / miles of whispering welcome. / Mars, you called us home."

"God and I were nude."

"Thought has no gender."

"Love is the eternal first breath."

"Essentially Flight is just an adventure of multiple realities."

"I love the sound of those engines."

"We are the ancestors of those gardening the universe."

"The 2suit is a utilitarian garment that functions by itself as a flight suit, and can unzip or attach with velcro and attach to a partner's suit with very lightweight fabric inside that can expand."

"I think the concept of the 2suit is perfect. But I also think just the philosophy of thinking, thinking beyond normal into creating a suit for two people is wonderful."

"Your heart is the beacon, your heart is the storm. Dare to embrace it; you'll never be torn."

"When we love there is no reason why."

"Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence."

"I consider myself more exportant than important."

"Vanna's 2Suit is just one small step toward humankind colonizing the universe."

"Now this is a writer."

"Joy and Sorrow have as source the very soul who planned their course."

"Your kisses are thieves which leave me wanting nothing."

"If you were the sky, I would unfurl myself in you, as a rainbow of colors yet unseen. I would become oceans of stars in your night."