Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.

At last he came to a door, with these words in glowing emeralds: THE END OF THE WORLD He did not hesitate. He opened the door and stepped through.

The difference between raman and varelse is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging. When we declare an alien species to be raman, it does not mean that they have passed a threshold of moral maturity. It means that we have.

I've had your tears with mine, and you've had mine with yours. I think that's more intimate even than a kiss.

Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.