“The hostile force! The reasone the barrier was established. "Astrophysics, do we know what's causing that?""No, sir," Bruno said cheerfully. "Not a clue".”

“What's a lightwave ship?""UFO, basically.""Cool," Angela said.”

“How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all in the way you do is as much a curse as a blessing. You never take time to digest and appreciate what happens to you.”

“Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.”

“You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.”

“The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.”

“Random Acts of Kindness," he said. "You need some in your life. Everybody does.""No, I don't have much of a rak, but hey, this is the twenty-third century, you can get anything fixed if you have enough money.”