A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think about it any more than they can help. I prefer the first two.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

Nothing's hopeless except never trying.