Jessie rummaged through her purse for the necessary equipment. If there were one thing, Baley had once said solemnly, that had resisted mechanical im… - Isaac Asimov

The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.

El angosto estrecho de Gibraltar señala el fin del Mediterráneo, pero los Fenicios lo atravesaron para penetrar en el mismo océano Atlántico. Allí, en la desembocadura del Guadalquivir, fundaron la ciudad de Tartessos, quizá sea la bíblica Tarsis. A pocos kilómetros al sur, a lo largo de la costa, fundaron Gardes, que aún existe con el nombre apenas modificado de Cádiz y que es uno de los grandes puertos de España.

Polen said, 'Let me hear from you sometimes.'
The words were dull thumps. They meant nothing. Casey knew that. Polen knew that. Everyone knew that. But words were meant to hide emotion and when they failed, humanity loyally maintained the pretense.