“The patrists poison themselves. The matrists tend to decay, which is merely another kind of poison.”

“Does anyone ask a painter -- even the painter himself -- why he paints? Now me, I painted... used to... whatever I saw that was beautiful. It had to be beautiful to me, through and through, before ...”

“Why do you talk all the time? I asked. It was a rhetorical question, but she cocked her head on one side and considered it carefully.I think its cause I dont know any big words, like you and Mummy,...”

“I thumped her on the back, picked her up and dropped her on top of her dungarees. Put them pants on, I said, and be a man. She did, but she cried quietly until I shook her and said gently, Stop it ...”

“We are now in a position to determine just what sort of science fiction story this really is.”

“The alternative is to locate large deposits of specifically what we need, and extract it in bulk from the earth.Thats mining, said the Drip. There is a twenty-third century legend that youth was co...”

“Man's greatest wisdom is to choose his obsession well.”

“Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you.Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you.And without feet I can make my way to you,without a mouth I can swear your name.Break off my arms, I'll take hold of y...”

“All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and eac...”

“Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.”

“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”

“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.”