“Thats what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesnt matter.”

“It was some of Solomons favorite music because it was dense and intellectually complicated and he wasnt expected to dance to it.”

“The grass is always greener on the other side of personal extinction.”

“Intellectually he knows that the blood is being pressed to the back of his body, pooling in the back part of his cerebellum and flooding his kidneys. He hasnt done enough medical work to know what ...”

“He almost blacks out again, but hes not sure if its the stroke or the thrust gravity. Hes pretty sure driving blood pressure higher while having a stroke is considered poor form.”

“A bit of fantasy can be good for ones heart”

“and the castle in which she dwelt was a prison to her; and sometimes sudden fits of gusty passion would overtake her, for weariness grew to hate, and hate to wrath,"The Serpent's Head”

“It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.”

“Kevyn, Ennesby tells me you are building a time machine.Actually I'm finished.In one afternoon? Wow... Does it work?After a fashion....I put a whole lot of energy into it, and the next thing I knew...”

“Engineering is the continuation of politics by other means”

“Each type of knowledge has value; however, from an engineering point of view, practical knowledge seems to be more valuable than theoretical knowledge.”