Space Madness/Quotes

"See, this is another sign of your tragic space dementia, all paranoid and crotchety. Breaks the heart."

—Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly

"They think I'm crazy. But I know better. It is not I who am crazy. It is I who am mad!"

—Commander Hoek, The Ren and Stimpy Show

Even unknown, and monster-peopled by superstition, Earth had not been as cruel an environment as space; nor had a caravel been as unnatural as a spaceship. Minds could never have disintegrated as quickly in mid-ocean as between the stars.

—The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson.

I fear that when our master reached for the stars, he came down with a touch of...space madness.

—Starscream on Megatron, Transformers Prime

"It is so dark around, no life, no hope, no sound, no chance of seeing home again ... Somebody help me I'm missing, somebody help me I'm missing now touch with my mind, I have no frame ... no people around, no-one to touch. I am now quite alone, part of a vacant time-zone, here floating in the void..."

—Van der Graaf Generator, "Pioneers Over C"