I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

Libertarians secretly worried that ultimately someone will figure out the whole of their political philosophy boils down to “Get Off My Property.” News flash: This is not really a big secret to the rest of us.

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you.

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.