If you look at astronauts closely, their eyes look kind of puffy. And it gives you this mild headache. But one of the advantages of that, if you will.

The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give new meaning to wishing upon a falling star.

You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you on the wall and when you're done, you put the toilet paper in there and seal that up.

After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine freezes into a glitter of ice crystals shimmering in the sun.

You know, that stuff about pink elephants, that's the bunk. It's little animals. Little tiny turkeys in straw hats. Midget monkeys coming through the keyholes.

I call myself, 'The Estee Lauder of the garden world.' I'm my own little conglomerate.

A girl's best friend is her mutter.

Incredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).

The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.

There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.

I unfolded the note, and it took me a few seconds to decipher Adrian’s writing. If he did write me a dating proposal, I really hoped he would type it.

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.

Beauty is sincerity.There are so many different ways someone can be beautiful.