Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me.

After enough concussions the head injuries blur together.

"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilometers away" or "Last body part finally located".

You may have trouble getting permission to aero or lithobrake asteroids on Earth.

I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

[Elizabeth Moon's] antagonists are always evil moustache-twirlers. She could write a book about a golf open and the main rival to the hero would turn out to have clubs made from compressed kittens.

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow's newspapers.

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments.

It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.

I am a miserable cook but an extremely talented eater.

The distance between your dreams and reality is faith.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty.

Although I do have a sailor's mouth, it's not attractive for me to hear men cursing. That kinda talk is not charming.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries.