but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem. Violence and crime and war were still problems. In spite of the advance of technology, things just hadn't changed the way everyone had hoped and thought they would.

My gast was pretty well flabbered.

You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.

I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward, opened the door, and she got into the backseat. I threw her the extra clothes I had picked up, and she began to dress without comment. It worked," I said. "We did it." Of course it worked," Tera said. "Men are foolish. They will stare at anything female and naked.