You gotta be good at putting things in different boxes when you’re an astronaut. Put it in a box, shut it, be able to not worry about it. And deal with something else in a different box.[to Alice]
You forget how Earth smells. There is no weather in space. There is no seasons.
The worst thing about up and out in space is that it can be very, very lonely.
My own president is wrong. I’m working on my own president.
Like climbing Everest, going into space. Your whole focus is on the summit. And if you’re not very careful, you can forget that once you’ve summited, you have to get back down. That’s when people come unstuck.[to Jo]
If you die in space, do you die on Earth?
I’ve been thinking about the other Alice. I think she feels that it’s okay and that you’re here with me. I feel that she thinks it’s okay. We both lost someone, but we found someone too. Doesn’t mean we have to forget the other one. Just means we have to accept it.[to Jo]
I want you to be my husband, okay? I want Alice to be my daughter. When I was up there, the only thing I could focus on was getting home and assembling shitty furniture.[to Magnus]
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Do you think ghosts are the same as God?[Wendy Lancaster]I don’t believe in God.[Alice Ericsson-Taylor]You don’t believe in God?[Wendy Lancaster]No. I’m English.[Alice Ericsson-Taylor]
Daddy, don’t cry. We’ll see her again one day. I promise.
