"My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoki…"

"I think it's perfectly OK to exploit the moon. Largely for two reasons: there's no life there, and it is close enough…"

"Consider the history of the earth. Let the height of the Empire State Building represent the planet’s five billion ye…"

"If astronomy has taught man anything it is the painful fact that we are not special creatures in any sense of the ter…"

"Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country."

"“A teacher?” Vyborg gasped. “They got rid of him in Mexico because he was teaching unauthorized garbage. Do you want …"

"He’s so doggone narrow-minded he could look through a keyhole with both eyes."

"“Wake up in there!” Fritz hollered. “I’m awake,” said Gaeta. “These days you spend too much time in bed and not enoug…"

"Even snaky little Vyborg chatted happily with a few of the glowing-eyed young women that clustered about him, Eberly …"

"O cheiro de cravo, a cor de canela, eu vim de longe vim ver Gabriela."