I'll be thinking of you as they roll me into a grave marked 'Nobody Special.' - Gregory Benford

All right, he thought, so the details were not perfect. But maybe, in a sense, that was part of the magic, too.

—Y’know, fact that nobody understands you doesn’t mean you’re some kinda genius.

Boy, do I hate these holier-than-thou types." "Clerics." "Anybody who tries to hem science in, tell it what it can and cannot do. Boundaries are best defined by pushing against them. Expanding our horizons, our sense of wonder." She smiled. "There's nothing holier than wow!?