Technology is dangerous." "How do you mean?" "It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots. - Jack McDevitt

Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.

He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.

The stars are silent.
Voyager among dark harbors, I listen, but the midnight wind carries only the sound of trees and water lapping against the gunwale and the solitary cry of the night swallow.
There is no dawn. No searing sun rises in east or west. The rocks over Calumal do not silver, and the great round world slides through the void.