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

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

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

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

“There are other, civilised ways of dealing with the matter," Dllenahkh insisted.Darithiven looked at him with pity. "Then, by your definition, this cannot be civilisation.”