How many details had to point in the same direction before one decided they pointed true? Depends on how costly it is to be mistaken, maybe? - Lois McMaster Bujold

There was no way he could anticipate every contingency. When the time came to leap in faith, whether you had your eyes open or closed or screamed all the way down or not made no practical difference.

Cynicism did not seem nearly so impressively daring to her now as it had when she was twenty.

Miles, when he was contemplating this technology for my future grandchildren, wanted to start twelve at once and do them all in one efficient batch. Like growing his own platoon, I gather. I offered to take turns with Ekaterin holding his head under water till he had a better idea, but as it turned out, she didn't need my help. Wonderful girl, my daughter-in-law. I still don't know what he did to deserve her.