Цитаты из книги Atmosphere

And the adults spend most of their days looking down. They fall in love and make mistakes and learn new things and feel tired. They lose people they love, and fail themselves, and change or never change. They get new jobs and fall out of love and convince themselves that if they just get this one thing, they will finally be happy.

It was wild to think there was a time when she did not look forward to the taste of an ice-cold beer.

It was the first Thanksgiving Joan had ever had without her parents and Barbara. But it the first time she'd ever felt this at home.

What an awful thing to do to a person! To make them believe they can have the things they never believed they deserved. And then take it away. What an awful thing!

She didnt want to feel like she was counting the days, even though she was. And she didnt want to feel like this could ever end, even though she understood that some love affairs did. Or, rather, that all of them did, eventually. Just the act of falling in love was to agree to a broken heart.

My God, she though, what else can I do?

Space belonged to no one, but Earth belonged to all of them.

What would it be like to be that steady voice for someone?

My God, who could care about the stars when there was her to look at?

If she was not exactly sure where Vanessa was, then Vanessa was everywhere.

It's not just about making a machine that can fly. It's also about understanding the way to fly it. The pilot matters. Knowing how to be a part of the machine is what makes the machine possible.

Why was it that when you let someone that far in, you learned to be okay with all the ways they saw you, even if they weren't flattering?

Supposedly, children are resilient. But Joan suspected this was merely something we tell ourselves because we are terrified they are just as delicate as we are.

We need someone undeniable in order for them to realize they can't deny it.

Just the act of falling in love was to agree to a broken heart.

When you die, someone will bury you or turn your body into ashes. Eventually, you will return to the Earth. You already are a part of the Earth. What better reason do we have to take care of this Earth and everything on it than the knowledge that we are of one another?

I mean, don't confuse my respect for you with patience.

Gravity is underrated. It gives us something to fight against.

There can be no rushing in space, really.