I’m a coward, I close my eyes. I don’t understand why God made sight the only sense that can be blocked off.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

One question always leads to another question. Some things are better to wonder about.

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

Yet, ironically, it is her very wretchedness that makes me pity her so. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know what to do!

The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the moments, like a thief of light in the dark.