Always store beer in a dark place.

When he kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe, and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you ... it's overwhelming.

One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.