# Quote — Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman of Bohemia

> I wanted the basic needs of human existence—satiation of hunger, good health, love—to take on the shapes of small fruits we could plant and harvest. But who would be the plantation owners, and who the harvesters?

- Author: [Jaroslav Kalfar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar.md)
- Book: [Spaceman of Bohemia](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia.md)
- Page: 192
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Kalfa%C5%99#Spaceman_of_Bohemia_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/i-wanted-the

## More from this book

> His presence was soothing, but his existence incomprehensible.

p. 110 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/his-presence-was.md)

> “Do you feel free?”
>
> “I feel like I’ve lost too much.”
>
> “Freedom can feel that way.”

p. 240 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/do-you-feel.md)

> “My father never did anything else after that,” Valerie said. “Mostly, he became a drunk. But a man only needs one thing to be proud of. It will carry him through the rest of his life.”

p. 216 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jaroslav-kalfar/spaceman-of-bohemia/my-father-never.md)