Any time seems long when you need to make a decision but can’t. - Larry Niven

“How did you come to represent the belt?”
“Aptitude tests said I had a high IQ and liked ordering people around. From there I worked my way up.”
“We go by the vote.”
“Popularity contests.”
“It works. But it does have drawbacks. What government doesn’t?”

It was a bad omen. Glitches were a lot like cockroaches. If you didn’t catch them in time, they’d scuttle off into someplace dark and warm and begin to breed.

Too much imagination and I’ll scare myself to death. Too little and I’ll get myself killed.