Airborn The Home Quotes

"Thank you, sir, but I'm happy here." And I was. This ship, the Aurora, was more home to me than the little apartment in Lionsgate City. Over the past three years, I'd spent scarcely any time on land. My life was aloft now. I did not want to leave Baz or Captain Walken, or my bunk with its porthole that gave me a bigger view of the world than any landlocked window. My heart purred to the vibrations of the Aurora's engines. There were other fine ships, I knew, and some perhaps ever grander than the Aurora. But only she could fuel my dreams." (3.22)

My mother had not wanted me to take the position, not after what happened to my father. I'd never seen her so upset. I'd tried to hide how much I wanted the job, but she knew anyway. All my life I'd wanted to fly. What she didn't know was that I wanted to fly away from her too. I wanted to fly to my father, and I couldn't do that landlocked in the small apartment with its low ceilings and gray views of rainy city streets. My father had spent so little time there. It was not the place I could be near him. (4.18)

Airborne, nothing frightened me. But the idea of crash-landing on the sea, water filling us, made my stomach churn. The Aurora was my home, and I couldn't bear the thought of abandoning her to the waves. (7.34)