Lt. Nathan West quotes from Space: Above and Beyond

Lt. Nathan West

Elsewhere, stars are born, other star systems, older, larger, continue to breath, a solar system dies a crib death, if that what it takes, then OK, if I must wait that long, then all right, because when I think of this, nothing is more desirable then the hope of watching that last day when the sun flickers out with you beside me. We will sit alone on a dark chunk of ice on top of the world, and the stars above,beyond and between us, will never shine brighter, as we drift away, into space

Lt. Nathan West

In fifty years from now, on that burned spot, the trees will be back, and so will we.

Lt. Nathan West

I'd rather have the truth then the medal

Lt. Nathan West

And if one day you should receive a yellow envelope from The Marines, don't bother to open it, reread this letter and know how much your sons loved one another and you, and that we are once again together, with all my love, your son.