Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.

Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.

You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.

Trust your weapon, it is almost certainly smarter than you are. Remember this and you may yet live.

What is it like when you lose someone you love?" Jane asked."You die, too. And you wait around for your body to catch up.

I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.

The universe is a big place. Maybe we're not in the best neighborhood.

Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).

What we don't know can't hurt us.

Colonization is the key to our race’s survival. It’s as simple as that. We must colonize or be closed off and contained by other races.

Comfort zone: simply means the routine of one’s daily life – it is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

As long as we still draw breath, we each have the power to bring change into the world.

Our self-image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the othe

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

See them together and you will feel a force that will take your breath away.

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.

Who is he?" "An idiot, said Adrian. "Makes me look like an upstanding member of society.