¿Qué puede digerir un espíritu sino palabras? - Brian Aldiss

You know that if you had been in charge of creation you would have found some medium less heart-breaking than Time to stage it in.

Frank II had been back in the aptly named Mother Country for only a few months when a lady of his acquaintance presented him with Frank IV. Frank IV was a girl, christened Berenice. The state of coma which had ensnared Frank II for so long did not afflict Berenice, or any other of his descendants. Another tremendous adjustment in the shared consciousness had to be made. That also had its compensations; Frank was the first man ever really to appreciate the woman's point of view.

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.