“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― 1984
― 1984
“It isn’t enough to have been a particle in the great extant of existence. I want, we want, more. We want for people to know us, to know our story, to know who we are and who we will be. And after we’ve gone, to know who we were.”
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
― The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
“Finally, I must say that below the threshold of fear for life and limb there lurks a similar emotion, perhaps not fear but at least apprehension, a worry, not that you are going to be killed, but that you will be terribly embarrassed.”
― Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
― Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
“It’s my belief that everything in this world has its own language. We have the ability to open up our ears and minds to anything and everything. That could be someone walking down the street, or it could be the sunshine or the wind.”
― Sweet Bean Paste
― Sweet Bean Paste
“Even more basic, any EVA puts man just one thin, glued-together, rubber membrane away from near-instant death.”
― Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
― Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
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