Here was more than a question of law; it was a matter of whose will should prevail. - Poul Anderson

At least we can put a little sense into life."
"I don't know whether we do or whether we find what was always there," he replied. "Nor do I care greatly. To me, the important thing is that the purpose—order, beauty, spirit, whatever you want to call it—does exist.

I seek occasional relief in old books. They help me tell the transient from the enduring.

The universe held as many surprises as it did stars. No, more. That was its glory. But someday one of them was bound to kill you.