Landmass of the world
Spike and Billie are left on Planet Blue in the aftermath of the asteroid hitting the land. They discuss how long it will pass before a human writes a poem again. Spike tells Billie that it will be after millions of years and that it will be a love poem. Billie asks her how does she know it, and she answers that it will happen after someone realizes that "the stretch of the body-beloved is the landmass of the world".
Death of the White planet
"The planet is a raging death". Handsome talks about the exploration of a white planet, the remains of a planet that was once a hopeful home. The planet is described as drowning in its raging hot whiteness; it is compared to inferno, and the whiteness of it is a mockery of a life destroyed, of nothingness that was left behind.
"She needs us like a bed needs bedbugs"
The crew is admiring the Planet Blue as they approach it, and Billie makes this cynical remark that portrays her character in a pointed manner. She is able to see the fault sin humanity and the destruction they will only bring to the magnificent planet.
Giant creature
Billie reaches an old dish of a radio telescope while she's on the run being accused of terrorism. She compares being in it as though she was in a cup of some giant creature, which moved slowly and came to rest there waiting to be woken up from the dream. There is a foreshadowing quality here because this creature is indeed waiting to be woken up by her; there is a message that the creature carries, precisely one revolving around her fate.
