"The psychology of the religious experience has been well-researched and taped. There are many paths up the mountain—s…"

"We of the Shroud tend to believe in teaching those things we know we can teach, and in affairs of the heart—or gonads…"

"Older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser, Emile, but it does mean older. More...experienced. More adept at dealing with t…"

"Khadaji only nodded. It didn’t matter to him if he passed the test or not. He wasn’t here to get a degree; he was her…"

"“People, this is your weapon, not your gun.” He waved the Parker in the air. “This is for work.” He dropped one hand …"

"The beast has long since stopped serving to become the master. The Confed did what governments were famed for: it mad…"

"Any type of violence initiated by one intelligent being against another was wrong. Killing violence was worse than an…"

"Could he use the same excuse as the Confed—the end justified the means? Sometimes it did, of course, but could one et…"

"What other paths were there? His studies had shown him that revolution and evolution were the only ways that societie…"

"Just because somebody or something doesn’t look at the world the way you do doesn’t mean it’s stupid. It’s just diffe…"