Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset cos' they act like people", said Adam severely. "Anyway, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.

He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.

Words are the litmus paper of the mind.

I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.

Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.