“You are a romantic. Marry this woman. Have children. Stepping in baby shit will soon drive thoughts of romance from you.”

“Bit nave, isnt it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.I grew up believing in dragons, du Bois pointed out.”

“Im not sure were quite the monsters you want us to be.”

“We’re not having sex, are we?”“No,” Talia confirmed. “Don’t take it the wrong way, you’re by far the nicest insect I’ve ever spent time with, but first contact is one thing. I’m not sure my reputat...”

“Bit naïve, isn’t it? So much for the Age of Enlightenment.”“I grew up believing in dragons,” du Bois pointed out.”

“I’m not sure we’re quite the monsters you want us to be.”

“Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, Id like to know why he shouldnt come in and look around.”

“We’re not having sex, are we?”“No,” Talia confirmed. “Don’t take it the wrong way, you’re by far the nicest insect I’ve ever spent time with, but first contact is one thing. I’m not sure my reputat...”

“Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around.”

“Yes, this man had the persistence of an insect.”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”