Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

At first, when California started winning its water lawsuits and shutting off cities, the displaced people just followed the water-right to California. It took a little while before the bureaucrats realized what was going on, but finally someone with a sharp pencil did the math and realized that taking in people along with their water didn't solve a water shortage.

Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?

I like fast plots with things that explode.

Men are loyal when you lead from the front.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.