For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.

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

Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.

Never start a war with something you can't talk to.

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.

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.