“Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.”

“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.”

“We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.”

“I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.”

“I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a species. We are learning otherwise.”

“Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pr...”

“He felt that the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jets and that in the morning the earth would be covered with their dust like a strange snow.”

“Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense.”

“The problem with the snow is that it sticks to everything it touches. You cant get rid of it. Even when it melts away, the chill still clings to your bones.”

“I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.”

“Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.”

“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”

“We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you can't stay there very long. Sooner or later you have to lo...”

“Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun”

“We would do what we must. The world is big. Surely there is a space in it for one like you and one like me.”