My favourite quote form that book

""One day, we'll go up there. Just ordinary people, like you and me. We'll go to the moon, and to Venere*, and maybe even to the big tomato*. We'll go up there and touch the stars." "You're mad." Lovino sounded a little breathless, his feet slightly unsteady on the path. "But just imagine it, Lovino!" Antonio easily steadied Lovino, smoothly overlooking his sudden problems with coordinaton. "Imagine the mankind reaching for the stars instead of trying so desperately to annihilate each other.""

*Venere - Venus in Italian
** He means Mars. I think.