It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.