Man is the only animal whose fear of embarrassment can overcome his instinct for self-preservation. - Robert Sheckley

In a way it made no difference, since nothing is permanent except our illusions.

Credit is, of course, an automatic privilege. But, eventually, everything must be paid for."

I poured Franklin another cup of coffee and he looked at me, his big eyes pleading. The deadheads always look like that when we reach this point. They think that Mars is like Alaska in the ’70s, or Antarctica in 2000; a frontier for brave, determined men. But Mars isn’t a frontier. It’s a dead end.