Some day, with all that the Cities could do, the available calories per person would simply fall below basic subsistence level. - Isaac Asimov

The pleasantness of their company outweighed the regret of their passing. On the whole, then, it is better to experience what you experience now than not to.

If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over.

Él siempre estaba allí, contemplando el frío brillo de las estrellas, admirando el increíble enjambre nebuloso de un racimo
de estrellas, como una conglomeración gigante de luciérnagas sorprendidas en
pleno vuelo y detenidas para siempre.