Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he does, he's utterly indifferent to our individual affairs--but we can't let the rabble know that; it's the fear of God, the threat of divine punishment and the promise of divine reward, that keeps in line those too unsophisticated to work out questions of morality on their own.

Honor does not have to be defended.

There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?