To be a good astronaut you have to be intelligent and i’m intelligent. You also have to understand how machines work and i’m good at understanding how machines work. You also have to be someone who would like being on their own in a tiny spacecraft thousands and thousands of miles away from the surface of the Earth and not panic or get claustrophobia or homesick or insane.
“And I really like little spaces, so long as as there is no one else in them with me”
And I like really little spaces, so long as there is no one else in them with me. Sometimes when I want to be on my own I get into the airing cupboard outside the bathroom and slide in beside the boiler
“pull the doorclosed behind me and sit there and think for hours and it makes me feel very calm”
She said, "What happened to you the other day?" I asked, "Which day?" And she said, "I came out again and you'd gone. I had to eat all the biscuits myself." I said, "I went away." And she said, "I gathered that." I said, "I thought you might ring the police." And she said, "Why on earth would I do that?"
“Because I was poking my nose into other peoples business and father said I Shouldn’t investigate who killed Wellington.”
But it wasn't the end of the book because five days later I saw 5 red cars in a row, which made it a Super Good Day, and I knew that something special was going to happen. Nothing special happened at school so I knew something special was going to happen after school. And when I got home I went down to the shop at the end of our road to buy some licorice laces and a Milky Bar with my pocket money.
"A policeman gave me a caution and if I get into trouble again, it will be a lot worse