But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.

It's always been the children who have saved the universe from the previous generation and remade the universe in their own image.

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

Sometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.

If death is truly a curse,' Spock said, as soberly as some power pronouncing a hundred years of sleep, but with a glint of private, serene humor in his eyes. 'There is little logic in condemning something one has not experienced...or does not remember experiencing.

But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.

Footsteps in the snow suggest where you have been, point to where you were going: but when they suddenly vanish, never dismiss the possibility of flight.