“Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.”

“The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.”

“No, I mean, why are the Innaki here, visiting Earth?” Its eyes narrowed, and I sensed it was reluctant to answer. "We are improving the human gene code.""Why?”"The human creature is sub-standard, stupid and prone to disease. We are working to advance its makeup." How philanthropic of them, I thought wryly.”

“No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us”

“It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to beapproached without some humor and some bewilderment.”

“I distinguish two types of human beings, Love people, who love the sky and the flowers, and Power People, who are essentially sold on naked power.”