“It was unhealthy to get too attached. Such things were best reserved for people who had a life expectancy”

“I love science fiction, always have, always will. But its the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction.”

“It seems to me that God would not have endowed us with a mind and a sense of curiosity if he did not mean for us to use it.”

“There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.”

“I love science fiction, always have, always will. But it’s the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction.”

“No matter what gifts you have, practice is the only way to get better at anything."If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery it would not seem so wonderful at all - Michael Angelo”

“You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle”

“Time is a precious gift.”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”

“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”

“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”

“The big lesson of planetary science is when you do a first reconnaissance of a new kind of object, you should expect the unexpected.”

“Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.”

“The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.”