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Vanna Bonta was an Italian-American writer, actress, and inventor. She wrote Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel. As an actress, Bonta played "Zed's Queen" in The Beastmaster. She performed primarily as a voice talent on a roster of feature films, such as Disney's Beauty and the Beast, as well as on television. Bonta invented the 2suit, a flight garment designed to facilitate sex in microgravity environments of outerspace. The spacesuit was featured on The Universe television series, which followed Bonta into zero gravity to film an episode titled Sex in Space that aired in 2009 on the History Channel.On 13 November 2013, a haiku by Bonta was one of 1,100 haiku launched from Cape Canaveral on the NASA spacecraft MAVEN to Mars. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. April 1958 – 8. July 2014
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Vanna Bonta Quotes

“The body knows no pain, not like the soul. At least a nerve has limits, a body part a name. But the soul … the soul … There is no bandage -- even crying is in vain.”

Vanna Bonta

"Only the Soul"
Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales (1989)

Pain , Soul , Parting , Cry

“People, when cognizant, influence their personal growth and their environment by their will.”

Vanna Bonta

State of the Art (2000)

People , Personality

“We are the ancestors of those gardening the universe.”

Vanna Bonta

Space: What love's got to do with it - The Space Review (2004)

Universe

“As intelligent life that can impact a comet with total precision, send missions to Mars, and create beauty, art, dance, literature, and music, the greatest sex organ is the mind and my guess is there are orgasms awaiting us like none we have known before, provided we get there.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

Life , Beauty , Art , Music

“What I saw was the hoax: Immortals questioning mortality when they should have asked eternity.”

Vanna Bonta

"She's Dead?"
Shades of the World (1985)

Question

“You won't feel under-dressed when with your naked heart you come to me, for mine is past the point to dress for company.”

Vanna Bonta

"Eeeeeee"
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)

Feeling , Past , Heart

“Everything poetic exists as a subset of a whole, and within the authoritative system of Nature.”

Vanna Bonta

The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)

Nature

“On Earth, much of the wrenching discomfort of emesis, apart from the sensation of nausea itself, is from the coordination of many muscles it takes to counter gravity.”

Vanna Bonta

Source: Zero Gravity interview (2006), p. 31

“You are not going to find yourself anywhere except right where you are.”

Vanna Bonta

Shades of the World (1985)

“I certainly didn't write it to be popular.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

“Those who had entrusted their leaders knew it was for a purpose, and the purpose should be maintained.”

Vanna Bonta book Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel

Source: Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995), Ch. 50

“How do we define consciousness, or what has been called the human soul or the spirit, if it can't be quantified as matter or a particle? … it can be quantified or observed just by a process of elimination.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

Soul

“I see the Internet as society’s approach to graduation into the ultimate meaning of Conscience, i. e., "with knowing.””

Vanna Bonta

State of the Art (2000)

“Inspiration always arrives unannounced.”

Vanna Bonta

Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)

“It's an amazing and exhilarating thing to experience gravity lift away from around the body.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

“Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

“Fear plants the whisper to beware but doesn't look to see who's there.”

Vanna Bonta

"The Enemy"
Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales (1989)

Fear

“Poetry achieves its pinnacle when it is the perfection and mastery of expression (creation, perception) as Art (arrangement).”

Vanna Bonta

The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)

Art , Perfection

“It's closer to Platonic Idealism in the theory that substantive reality is only a reflection of some other non-quantified spirit, awareness, consciousness, whatever you want to call it.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

Reality

“There is only now. And look! How rich we are in it!”

Vanna Bonta

"The Illusion"
Shades of the World (1985)

“Creativity, no matter how elementally miniscule or broad in scope, is what differentiates human beings as superior to any material value, and also empowers the achievement of excellence beyond personal flaws.”

Vanna Bonta

State of the Art (2000)

Personality

“Earth is in space, too, so really sex in space isn't anything new.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

Sex

“Because I had goodwill for all, / I thought all were my friends. / And then I learned of treachery, / that some preferred my end. / It wasn't the goodwill I felt / that made someone a friend. / What handy day, the one I learned / the meaning of the word. / How good to know my enemies /”

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though their reasons are absurd!
"Definition"
Shades of the World (1985)

Learning

“Gifts have ribbons, not strings.”

Vanna Bonta

Holiday advice from Bonta essay "Ribbons vs. Strings" adapted to Christmas audio Tale "It's the Gift That Counts" (Holiday Magic 2005 CD). Vanna Bonta Has Holiday Gift Advice http://www.waleg.com/celebrities/archives/006180.html WAlEG Celebrities; December 16, 2006

“Your kisses are thieves which leave me wanting nothing.”

Vanna Bonta

"Your Kisses Are Thieves"
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)

Kiss

“People have been making love and having sex in space over the thousands of years that our ancestors lived and traveled in small hunting-and-gathering bands. Earth is in Space.”

Vanna Bonta

Source: Zero Gravity interview (2006), p. 90

Love , People , Making love , Sex

“In her heart she harbors hatred for me, but it would ruin the game if we didn't have tea. The words slither out laced with venom so vile it would pucker my face but she says it and smiles.”

Vanna Bonta

"Do I Have To?"
Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales (1989)

Smile , Game , Heart , Tea

“Poetry emulates the Cosmos perhaps because the Cosmos itself is the grandest conceivable example of rhythm, rhyme, harmony and concinnity.”

Vanna Bonta

The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)

“I am in prayer. I am one hand, this Universe the other.”

Vanna Bonta

"Reflection"
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)

Universe

“I suppose it would be a lot easier if a training manual were issued at puberty. Chapter One: what your body is feeling isn't necessarily you.”

Vanna Bonta book Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel

Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)

Feeling , Training

“In zero gravity, SAS aside, it's possible to perform amazing physical feats. Ironically, it's more like being there as a mind.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

“Flaws like roadmaps I see. They are detours to you that I don't take.”

Vanna Bonta

"Reach"
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)

“One impression I had was how zero zero gravity is.”

Vanna Bonta

The Universe - Sex in Space (2008)

“The 2suit is a utilitarian garment that functions by itself as a flight suit, and can unzip or attach with velcro and attach to a partner's suit with very lightweight fabric inside that can expand.”

Vanna Bonta

The Universe - Sex in Space (2008)

“The stars are not the limit.”

Vanna Bonta

Space: What love's got to do with it - The Space Review (2004)

Star

“The really exciting focus here [is] the event and others like it that encourage, support and celebrate the enterprising innovation of pioneers working to give humanity wings.”

Vanna Bonta

about the X Prize. A Spaceship For Sale On Ebay May Win Half A Million Dollars http://www.space-travel.com/reports/A_Spaceship_For_Sale_On_Ebay_May_Win_Half_A_Million_Dollars_999.html Space Travel, Exploration and Tourism February 07, 2007

Support

“The true poem rests between the words.”

Vanna Bonta

"Servants to Thought"
Shades of the World (1985)

“What goes up can continue.”

Vanna Bonta

Lyric from the song "What Goes Up". What Goes Up... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYNP--c4w8w Vanna Bonta film short, YouTube.
Shades of the World (1985)

“It’s of note that the word 'cosmetic' has its roots in the word 'cosmos.”

Vanna Bonta

The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)

“In quantum fiction adventures, things like coincidences, synchronicity, telepathy, déjà vu, and an assortment of odd experiences that have been formerly the realm of the paranormal can now - at least theoretically - be explained by a new look at the physical world.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

World

“In Flight (a quantum fiction novel), essentially our protagonist is a writer who is writing a novel and then begins to see things from his novel occurring in the reality around him, and he questions "am I losing my mind?"”

Vanna Bonta

or "am I somehow influencing reality around me?"
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)

Question , Reality

“Working to get money is in fact backwards and has been twisted from the healthy human dynamic; one works toward a purpose of contribution and exchange and personal fulfillment.”

Vanna Bonta

State of the Art (2000)

Money , Personality

“Eventually space environments could be created to provide the best of both worlds, such as, for one example, settlements or habitats designed to create their own gravity, with chambers where reduced gravity or weightlessness can also be experienced optionally.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

World

“I was surprised and fascinated to experience the absolute lack of physical attraction, in terms of physical mass, in z-g.”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

“Isn't it ironic that the US has more porn and "sexy" advertising yet the biggest population of Viagra users?”

Vanna Bonta

Vanna Bonta Talks Sex in Space (Interview - Femail magazine)

“The door swung smoothly open, surprising her. A girl stood there. Barefoot. Dressed in a trash bag.”

Vanna Bonta book Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel

Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)

Girl

“Once someone I was working with said, 'You know, Vanna, some people think about what they're having for lunch tomorrow and you're thinking hundreds of years into the future.”

Vanna Bonta

The Universe - Sex in Space (2008)

People , Thinking , Future

“I hated you because you reminded me of…how I once was…of what I lost.”

Vanna Bonta book Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel

Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)

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