" It is fragile, the human body. Only so little it can withstand. Maybe the reason for it is that the air is heavy enough on it. Second after second, 17.000 kilograms of it weigh on each of us: as much as four grown elephants. The internal pressure of our cells ensures that the bare air on our bodies won’t crush us: that our tissue won’t turn blue, won’t swell up, won’t burst or bleed out, regardless of the weight it has to carry. Everything on top of this, might just be too much. We take 17.000 kilograms of air, without even noticing, but cannot withstand the slightest blow to our heads, the tiniest kick to our stomachs, the merest pressure on our minds, without jeopardising our lives. "

― Sima B. Moussavian , Tomorrow death died out: What if the future were past?