I don’t hate him—he’s just a bore but that isn’t a capital offense. Usually. - Charles Stross

I’m not a politician, even though I play-act one when the boss tells me to—I’m allowed to change my mind when my understanding of the facts changes.

And she actually looks—well, I’m not sure how to describe her. Scary is such an inadequate word, don’t you think?

Most police work boils down to minimizing the impact on society of stupidity; of the remainder, the overwhelming majority is about malice and deliberate evil, but it’s still almost all stupid.