“This is the age of total digitalisation; everything is online always.''Uh huh, and that's why our politicians are pure and clean, and the world works so well, is it? Because everybody knows everything and there's no hiding place.”

“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.”

“Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.”

“But to have dreamed the dream is to have flown above the mountains so high in all but deed.”

“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.”

“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".”