The religion we have is our all-important instrument towards that end. With it we have brought the Four Kingdoms under our control, even at the momen… - Isaac Asimov

Limmar Ponyets was completely a-lather when the call reached his receiver - which proves that the old bromide about telemessages and the bathtub holds true even in the dark, hard space of the Galactic Periphery.

The fact of the matter is that young men lack skill and experience and are very likely to approach a girl as though she were a sack of wheat. It is the old man — suave, debonair, maturely charming — who knows exactly what to do and how to do it, and is therefore better at it.

But I still can't quite grasp what you're telling me. I find it impossible to believe that there would be such unreasoning feeling against harmless people." Amaryl said bitterly, "That's because you've never had any occasion to interest yourself in such things. It can all pass right under your nose and you wouldn't smell a thing because it doesn't affect you.