Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth." -Taleswapper

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.

Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality. My wife. My friend. My lover. My outrageous and annoying computer personality who's about to be shut off at the behest of a half-crazy girl with OCD on a planet that I never heard of and how will I live without [her] when she's gone?

Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.

From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.

The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is Third.

You're cultural supremacists to the core. You'll perform your Questionable Activities to help out the poor little piggies, but there isn't a chance in the world you'll notice when they have something to teach you.