“You cant fathom the alien mind.”

“Efficiency was a higher priority than imagination.”

“So, said Zia, youre gonna eat your way through the whole universe, top to bottom. And then what?”

“You can’t fathom the alien mind.”

“So,” said Zia, “you’re gonna eat your way through the whole universe, top to bottom. And then what?”

“Of the two powers, the two categories that take possession of us when we enter the world, space is by far the less mysterious. . . . Space is, after all, solid, monolithic. . . . Time, on the other...”

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary master...”

“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space.”