Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.

She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody.

This book is so interesting. I always wonder what's going to happen next.

Who says I'm insane?" "Oh you're sane alright. You're so sane, you scare me. You're so sane, it's insane.

In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how hard we measure, no matter how strongly we believe, no matter how deep our think tanks and how high our aspirations. But as anyone will tell you—for we all know this within our hearts—the impossible happens and grand cosmic mysteries are solved on a regular basis, although most of the time the solutions lead to even greater mysteries.

Because if their own parents didn't care enough about them to keep them, who would want them in Heaven?

the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat