“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?”
“You're familiar with the theory of evolution?" asked Cabal."Sir?""They're about to find out why intelligence is a survival trait.”
“We may even find out why the duck-billed platypus.**Not why is it anything. Just why it is.”
“We don't know how far the ripples of our decisions go. We kill one, and maybe save a thousand. That's the code of the Fraternity. That's what we believe in, and that's why we do it.”
“Why would Dad call you? I mean, you have to admit that he would have been better off calling the local prison and asking them to send out one of the convicted killers to come find me. - Shella”
“Business and human endeavors are systems…we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.”