Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.

Evan Price is not a man to be questioned. He is a man who will question you.

One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

Predict the inevitable", she said, "and you're bound to be right one day.

I'm coming for you. I'm coming home, I'm coming to clean

There are two competing philosophies in Wool: one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.

He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.