“I wonder why somebody would go to all that trouble to make a complete fool of himself.” “Come on, Gina, we both know why.” “Oh, I guess you’re right… - Charles Sheffield

The Asteroid Belt contains everything from substantial bodies like Ceres, seven hundred and fifty kilometers across, all the way down to house-sized boulders, pebbles, and grains of sand. One good rule of thumb is that for every object of a given size, there will be ten times as many one-third that size.

His mind was as furiously active as his hormones.

Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I’ll feel right at home.