“I've always thought academics should get a little slurry on their boots from time to time.”

“This is my universe, my time, my world. There is no going back to what was. There is only the future.”

“I am experiencing a measure of excitement combined with increasing pleasure, which is perhaps manifesting as an expression of amusement."It was the first time he had ever used the scales to describe his emotions. "I love it when you talk dirty," I whispered ...”

“I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination.”

“I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.”

“Let me tell you, there's no long-distance relationship like an interstellar one.”

“Judging other humans and finding them wanting is what the Sadiri do.”