Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space, and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations o… - Arthur C. Clarke

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

We seldom stop to think that we are still creatures of the sea, able to leave it only because, from birth to death, we wear the water-filled space suits of our skins.

People don't know what's good for them; they only know what they want. I learned to keep my expectations low a long time ago. It's good advice for anyone.

The vendors seemed comical, so intent were they on their slivers of meaningless profit, all unaware of the desolate ages that lay in their own near future, their own imminent deaths.