“A long mission was ahead of them, and no one wanted to get on anyone else's nerves with unnecessary chatter.”

“We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We survive by learning; by learning we survive. Such is life. So be it.”

“Freedom does that to people, he realizes. Once you've tasted it, ou never want to let go.”

“Look ... first and foremost, I'm a scientist. That means it's my responsibility to make observations and gather evidence before forming a hypothesis, not vice versa.”

“By ten o'clock, the Sunday-night blues set in. The bleak wasteland of an entire week of stupefyingly boring school stretched ahead of me like an endless desert highway.”

“Y'know, if anyone happens to know the name of a good literary agent that will actually return phone calls...”

“It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, because anyone who knows you knows what a great guy you are on the inside. You're honest and true.”