Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease

He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible

The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.