“I looked and looked but I didn't see God.[Speaking about, in 1961, becoming the first human to enter space.]”
“I think about her. I think about the first time I saw her.. I had a book in my hand and I was reading and for some reason I looked up...She didn't see me. She didn't see me, but I saw her.”
“I was immediately aware of her when she stood at the window but I didn't move at first. I wanted to look at her with my human eyes.#Ren”
“When we look at the sky, we see two things: The beauty of the space and the future of the humanity!”
“I didn't really see why people should look at me. Plenty of people looked queerer than I did.”
“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”