“Some dangers are so spectacular and so much beyond normal experience that the mind refuses to accept them as real, and watches the approach of doom without any sense of apprehension. The man who lo...”

“After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.”

“What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.”

“It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.”

“Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”