"He began to dream the dreams that always seduce a tyrant: powers beyond powers, worlds at his feet, whole realms bowing to his whims." "And the drea… - Matt Hughes

I might have been lulled by her show of confidence, had I not commanded a fact or two about spaceships. “A Grand Itinerator compares to an Aberrator as does a mansion to a country cottage,” I said.
“It is a matter of point of view,” she argued. “It depends on whether one concentrates on differences or congruencies. Being of a broad and generous spirit, I prefer the latter perspective. You may be the type who niggles.”

"Your remarks demonstrate how proximity narrows perspective," said Gaskarth. "Events in and of themselves are less pertinent than the effects and interpretations to which they give rise."

“I suspect that the benefits of travel are indeed overrated. It seems mostly hardship and needless frustration,” she said.