"Mom wanted me to go first. I think it was because she was afraid that after they were contained and frozen, I'd walk away, return to life rather than consign myself to that cold, clear box."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"People have been cryo frozen before me, and none of them were conscious. If the mind is frozen, it cannot be awake or aware."
Chap. 1, p. 12

"Godspeed isn't small - it was the largest ship ever built when it was launched two and a half centuries ago - but it's not so huge that we don't all feel the weight of the metal walls crushing us."
Chap. 2, p. 14

"Sometimes it feels like a thousand years have passed; sometimes it feels as if I've only been sleeping a few moments."
Chap. 3, p. 19

"When you take my role as Eldest, you must dedicate your whole life to this one idea: you are...