When everything impossible had been eliminated and what remains is supernatural, then someone is lying. - Isaac Asimov

Estamos aquí sentados, anteponiendo la Enciclopedia a todo lo demás. Consideramos que el objeto de la ciencia es la clasificación de los datos pasados. Es importante, ¿pero no hay nada más que hacer? Estamos retrocediendo y olvidando, ¿no lo ven?

Lo so. Lo sappiamo tutti. Forse la lezione del passato potrà insegnarci cosa evitare. E poi, la tirannia che c'è adesso è reale. Quella che potrebbe esistere in futuro è solamente potenziale. Non possiamo sottrarci sempre ai cambiamenti pensando che la situazione potrebbe cambiare in peggio, altrimenti addio speranza di riuscire un giorno a sconfiggere l'ingiustizia.

"The girl who wore only a pair of shorts said, "It was the university that called down the Darkness on us." "And the Stars," said the man who wore just a shirt. "They brought the Stars." "And this one might bring them back," said the woman who had spoken before. "Get him out of here! Get him out of here!" Sheerin stared incredulously. He told himself that he should have been able to predict this. It was an all too likely development: pathological suspicion of all scientists, all educated people, an unreasoning phobia that must be raging now like a virus among the survivors of the night of terror."