The notion that we need a higher power, that’s more a human failing than a reflection of reality. The universe pays no attention to what we need. Tru… - Jack McDevitt

A man is entitled to only one great passion in a lifetime. Whether it’s music or a profession or a woman, everything else pales in its afterglow. The searing shock so changes one’s chemistry that if the object is lost, the experience can never be repeated. Only anticlimax remains.

Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong." She grinned. "I'll never lack for work.

Her experience had taught her that people who insisted on having others recognize their outstanding qualities usually didn’t have any.