“...a writing in the sand which all may read but few understand." - Philip Jose Farmer in 'Riders of the Purple Wage”

“The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have become called, for no good reason, science fiction. A better generic term would be 'future fairy tales'. And even this is objectionable, since many science fiction stories take place in the present or the past, far and near.”

“Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.”

“It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed.”

“This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate.”

“As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.”

“La sabiduria consiste en saber cuando evitar al perfeccion”