What happened when there was no prospect of anything beyond this generation? What happened when...

Home's what's left over when you've figured out all the places you don't want to be. Sounds stupid, doesn't it? But that's what we do. We say not there and not there and not there, until there's only one place left.

She didn't want to be the human race. It sounded too big a responsibility.

There are different types of salvation." he said, diplomatically. "No." Rena shook him off. "There's only one. In the voice of God, speaking through the space between the stars.

There's a fine line, you know. Between having space and having nothing.