And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

"What does it feel like?"

"Like constantly searching for something in your pockets. First you lose the small things, then it's the big ones. It starts with keys and ends with people."

When a star fades it takes a long time for us to realize, as long as it takes for the last of its light to reach Earth.

Grandpa always calls him "Noahnoah" because he likes his grandson's name twice as much as everyone else's.

So old that it's too late to grow up.

Isn't that the best of all life's ages, an old man thinks as he looks at his grandchild. When a boy is just big enough to know how the world works but still young enough to refuse to accept it.

- Но ты увидел, как он испугался, и тогда добавил: "Тед, мы летаем в космос не потому, что боимся пришельцев. Мы боимся, что их там нет. Эта Вселенная слишком велика, чтобы жить в ней в одиночку".

- 'The teacher wanted us to write what we thought the meaning of life was once.'

• 'What did you write'
• 'Company'.
• 'That's the best answer I heard.'
• 'My teacher said I had to write a longer answer.
• 'So what did you do?'
• 'I wrote: Company. And ice cream.'

• 'What kind of ice cream?'

It's an awful thing to miss somebody who is still here.

‘Ted, we’re not going into space because we’re afraid of aliens. We’re going because we’re scared we’re alone. It’s an awfully big universe to be alone in.’”

“Noahnoah, promise me something, one very last thing: once your good-bye is perfect, you have to leave me and not look back. Live your life. It’s an awful thing to miss someone who’s still here.”