Maybe is not a theory, you know, it is merely maybe. - Gregory Benford

He watched her putting away bacon and toast.
“I remember breakfasts like that.”
“First Law of Thermodynamics still applies. If you eat it, and you don’t burn it off, you sit on it.”
“You burn it, looks like. Exercise?
“Worry. Saves time and you don’t have to shower.”

Soldiers for equality, uh? Glad you warned me. I’d have thought you were just thieves.

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!?