Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil?

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun.