It’s more than a suit / It’s the speed / It’s the G-Force pressing you back as you tear the sky / It’s the ride / My Tiger / My gal who cradles me lifts me up / It’s more / It’s the respect / It’s the danger / It’s / It’s more / It’s / You are the blue / You are alone in the vastness and you are the blue / Astronauts / They have eternity / But I have color / I have blue.
-- The Pilot (Part 1)

Importance: In this quote from the very early stages of The Pilot’s narrative, she sums up, in somewhat poetic language, part of the reason why she feels so strongly about being a pilot, and about flying. It also introduces the motif - repeated image of "the blue," which refers to the sky and which, here and throughout the play, symbolizes freedom and identity.

She’s got a spark in her...
-- The Pilot (Part 1)