There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it.

To the Chasmites, truth is determined by how well it fits their expectations, and doesn't that sound familiar? They have consistently refused to have a god contest, and I fear they will have to encounter the godlet rather forcibly before they believe there is anything there at all.

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.

Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers.

The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought.

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers.