Every human being believes he is perfect in his way, even the most miserable scoundrel or dreamer. - Fritz Leiber

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?

“Armon Jarles, there is only the cosmos and the electronic entities that constitute it, without soul or purpose, save so far as neuronic minds impose purpose upon it.
“Armon Jarles, the Hierarchy embodies the highest form of such purpose.
“Armon Jarles, the supernatural and the idealized have one trait in common. They are not. There is only reality.”

They sat in small parties with a truculent quietness that sneered at and challenged the frantic hustle of the times and the belief that the hustle was leading anywhere.