"I am resigned to living in a chess-type universe—few and simple rules, but infinite combinations of them. But it woul…"

"If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. The only space adventures I've heard of are second-hand st…"

"The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed e…"

"No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see."

"What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?"

"Maybe we’ve been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf."

"[Clement] could imagine very alien worlds, but he could never imagine a protagonist who was not reasonably bright and…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."