The majority of astronauts have to change their eyeglasses while in space. They bring eyeglasses with them and typically change a few months into the mission.

I heard sad choirs in my mind. There was nothing left of Rachel in the world. He cherished what he'd shown me, and now it was gone. Eureka.

It seems like in the beginning of my flight, the space dreams were rare. And now, almost 150 days into it, the Earth dreams are more of the rare ones.

If you go on a journey to Mars and get into deep space, there is several hundred times, maybe 300 times the radiation.

We don't do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and water's at a premium up here. Plus, it'd be pretty complicated, I think, to make a space washer, although I guess you could do it.

Flying in space is a privilege, whether it's the first time or the fourth time.

It's a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do.

There are few aspects of everyday life that aren't touched by the technologies developed for space travel.

God is our Spiritual Father.

I wish I knew how to calibrate my kiss the way he did but passion allows us to hide more.

It was wrong. It was like arresting the gun for murder.

Cowboy!" she hollered.Every man on the street turned to stare at her."--pg.117

In Courtney Moreno's In Case of Emergency the working class save the world and themselves. A wonderful first book!

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

The artist can know all the technique in the world, but if he feels nothing, it will mean nothing.

Women are slaves to their beauty.

Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because... The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.

I could never understand how someone would embark on their life without having first confronted and clarified the truly fundamental questions.