Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces - with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way government sticks its nose in everything, now.

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.

In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.

I took up writing because I needed money. And I continued to write because it's safer than stealing and easier than working.

"I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting" ... "But that's not all people laugh at." "Isn't it? Perhaps I don't grok all its fullness yet. But find me something that really makes you laugh sweetheart... a joke, or anything else- but something that gave you a a real belly laugh, not a smile. Then we'll see if there isn't a wrongness wasn't there." He thought. "I grok when apes learn to laugh, they'll be people."