I burst into tears. It’s the best defense ever found against well-meaning people who are telling you something stupid “for your own good.” - John Barnes

Brains don’t exactly run in that family—they sort of dribble slowly away.

You thought you could treat me the way you did everybody else and beat me up for being smarter than you. Because you’ve always been the big king of the class, haven’t you, Your Majesty? Well, you’re not anymore. You were never anything but the plain old class bully, and now you’re the ex-bully. And the only reason people are bullies is because they’re stupid.

The beautiful earth is being crapped up by an excess of people—lovely as individuals, towns, and cultures, but hideous in such profusion.