There’s always another problem behind the one you just solved. Does that mean that you should stop solving problems? - Larry Niven

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

The trouble with sharing too many beds was that one’s chance of running into a really bad situation was improved almost to certainty.

Louis's excitement was growing unbearable. Was this really what he had needed all along? Not the droud and wire, but the risk of his life to prove its value! Louis adjusted his flying belt and dropped over the railing.