Starstruck Quotes

“What makes the Earth remarkable is not its position in the universe—many Earth-size planets orbit their stars close enough for liquid water to exist—but what inhabits it. It is not just the Earth’s liquid blue oceans but its vast desert plains too; the oxygen-rich atmosphere and solid molten core; the millions of species and the complex, diverse ecological systems—all of which combine in an exquisite, unique dance to make the Earth special.”
― Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

“The worst thing about panic attacks is that you feel like you are dying. You struggle for oxygen, your chest cavity heaving with the weight of ten thousand worlds. Adrenaline floods your bloodstream and spikes your heart rate and you gasp, convinced your heart is failing. Your skin turns to fire and then ice, goosebumps erupting like tiny little mountains, forcing you to shake so hard you fall to the ground. Your heart stutters and thuds unevenly in your ears. Of course you’re not actually dying. You’re living. But isn’t living the hard part?”
― Sarafina El-Badry Nance, Starstruck: A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark