It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of

Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.

I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!

There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.

People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.

The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.