the credits still go — unproductively — to the armed forces and vital areas of the social good are allowed to deteriorate. That's what I call decay. - Isaac Asimov

The fact of the matter is that young men lack skill and experience and are very likely to approach a girl as though she were a sack of wheat. It is the old man — suave, debonair, maturely charming — who knows exactly what to do and how to do it, and is therefore better at it.

A comida, diferente daquela que ele vira os outros comendo, estava fria; mas isso era um detalhe. Só depois de um minuto é que percebeu que a comida estava sendo aquecida e que o recipiente ficara quente ao toque. Ele parou, alarmado, e esperou.

La entropía, pequeña, es una palabra que significa la cantidad de desgaste del Universo.