“Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space.”

“In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns...”

“I'm just a guy on a planet, orbiting a sun, surrounded by a vast space extending in every direction.”

“There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point, like the moment of change between the dark and the light, and when both and neither surround you.”

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day - mateless and abandoned.”

“a creature who has kept a planet in its orbit for several billions of years will be able to manage a packing case!”