Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.

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

All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.

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.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

A desert's a stupid place to put a river.

I like fast plots with things that explode.