"Just in case God isn't dead, our astronauts carry sidearms."

-- Ben Lerner

#Astronaut Quotes #Cases Quotes

“Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.”
“Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior”
“Randolph Morris on the inside for Kentucky has been too much of a load for Villanova to handle”
“This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality.”
“I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?”
“Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return.”
“When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.”
“Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can't laugh and be afraid at the same time - of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.”

You may also like:

Ben Marcus
Author
Harriet Lerner
Poet
John Ashbery
Poet
Jonathan Franzen
Novelist
Karl Ove Knausgard
Author
Lorin Stein
Editor
Maggie Nelson
Poet
Sheila Heti
Writer
Tao Lin
Novelist