It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of emotions. If this is true, literature's loss is science fiction's gain, for Out of Bounds, Judith Merril's collection of short stories, is a warm and colorful rendering of the minutiae of the future.

Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.

Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.