Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.

By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

Good moods’re as fragile as eggs...Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks.

To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes.