Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing.

If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'

We are not powerless. We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first we must choose to use it. We're told every day, You can't change the world. But the world is changing every day. Only question is who's doing it? You or somebody else?

We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We die for the One. -- the Ranger oath

What are the purposes and priorities of teaching? . . . First, to inspire. Second, to challenge. Third, and only third, to impart information.

The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship.