Charles Sheffield

I’ll say only this: if we’re going to throw the idea of the Big Bang overboard, we won’t have much left of current astrophysics and cosmology.

An old axiom: when you are totally confused, don’t make things worse by talking.

D'you know what homeostasis is?"
"I used to, before I rotted my brain with politics.

If deadly violence were to be committed, he was like me. He would think it better to give than to receive.

Birdie cringed. If there was one thing worse than being a coward, it was being mistaken for a hero.