“This little boy playing next to me is an intellectual mass of cells - better yet, he's a clockwork of subatomic movements, a strange electrical conglomeration of millions of solar systems in minature. [58, Zenith trans.]”
“Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.]”
“back home.. the tablecloth of civilization makes us forget the already painted pine it covers! ([50], Zenith trans.)”
“Tamani pulled out his cell."He has an IPhone?" her mom whispered as the second ring sounded in Laurel's ear.Laurel nodded. "I was saving that little tidbit of ammunition the next time we discussed me getting a cell.”
“Some people think the Milky Way is a long line of stars, but it isn't. Our galaxy is a huge disk of stars millions of light-years across, and the solar system is somewhere near the outside edge of the disk.”
“The solar system consists of Jupiter, plus debris.”