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> [“What would happen," Zeitoun asked the captain, "if you and I went below the deck, and just went to our bedrooms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/what-would-happen-zeitoun-asked-the-captain-if-you-and-i-went-below/)

[Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/)

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> [“There are other races…beings out here…vastly older and more powerful than we are. Earth wouldn’t stand a chance against them. If humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-swan/there-are-other-races-beings-out-here-vastly-older-and-more-powerful/)

[Donald Swan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-swan/)

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> [“You’ll dream, too, while that damned thing that Earth wouldn’t own is dripping, dripping in the Cosmos House tonight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-campbell-jr/you-ll-dream-too-while-that-damned-thing-that-earth-wouldn-t-own-is/)

[John W. Campbell Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-campbell-jr/)

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> [“Lizzie said that if you imagined you were standing on the moon, looking down on the earth, you wouldn't be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/lizzie-said-that-if-you-imagined-you-were-standing-on-the-moon/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

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> [ “...\[C\]ontrary to your Earth experience and its derived cynicism, on Mars, such things are possible. Yes, fully possible, even for you, a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zubrin/c-ontrary-to-your-earth-experience-and-its-derived-cynicism-on-mars/)

[Robert Zubrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zubrin/)

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> [Where one component might do, two are used bcause rescue on a lunar mission would be next to impossible. After all, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-swigert/where-one-component-might-do-two-are-used-bcause-rescue-on-a-lunar/)

[Jack Swigert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-swigert/)

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> [“Look around you. The earth wouldn't exist without the sun. Plants would die without rain. We're all meant to lean on something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kacvinsky/look-around-you-the-earth-wouldn-t-exist-without-the-sun-plants-would/)

[Katie Kacvinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kacvinsky/)

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