As is always the case when you are with the actual human being behind the celebrity or legend, there is something human about the man or woman that m… - Dan Simmons

I realized that night the import and the terrible difficulty in the task ahead of me—in keeping this child safe from the sharp edges of a strange and indifferent universe.
I think that is was on this alien and storm-tossed night that I first understood what it might be like to be a parent.

No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

Never make unsupportable assumptions about your enemies, Martin. It can be a fatal self-indulgence.