If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

Nothing makes us love something more than the loss of it.

That's a stupid question,' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.' 'No, it's a philosophical question,' Kearns corrected him. 'Which makes it useless, not stupid.

And no answer when we sent our message. Something like, "Hello, welcome to Earth. Hope you enjoy your stay. Please don't kill us.

You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love.

You are the human clay," Vosch whispers fiercely in my ear. "And I am Michelangelo. I am the master builder, and you will be my masterpiece.