For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won't change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home and family may redecorate frantically or take a lover or go to many costume parties.

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Ethics change with technology.

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.