Hobey-Ho, let’s go.

Does that mean that if we shave all the Ob’enn they’ll be nice?-Sergeant Schlock

If I could create something that is even minutely close to a small percentile of a genius as Cloud Atlas, I shall deem my life worthy!

I can’t explain my feelings for him…they’re strange. But he says it is why we are so much alike, why I dream of him. He calls it The Craving.

Would it make you feel better if I said I’ve done a numerical analysis on the probabilities and the results are skewed toward you having more problems with this case?

Sci-fi opens the way in mind for the new science.

And if you lose the willingness, what do you have?

You can make it if you try. Don’t give up or quit the fight. If you believe, you will see, you can do it.

Put a little fence around it!

For some people,being mean to others is the point of their lives.

So, like I said, these are a bunch of really sweet guys, but you wouldn’t want to share a Galaxy with them, not if they’re just gonna keep at it, not if they’re not gonna...

Clarke’s First Law – Corollary: When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion—the distinguished but elderly scientists...

The catacombs where ghostly bodies lie. In the silence you hear the screams go by.

It wasn’t premeditated. It was what needed to be done. So I did it.

Not as much as it bothers me that you just grabbed me without even trying to warn me first. If you’re trying to undo ages of prejudice, maybe you should start by acting civil.

You bastard, stop that whistling and fight me like a man!

Rileggendo quelle poche frasi come sotto ipnosi, tardai ad accorgermi che la mia compagna virtuale aveva proiettato in un angolo del parabrezza la propria icona, cercando di attirare la mia attenzione in maniera il più...

We’ll fight back, we’ll fight back, we’ll fight back,” a man near Doctor Stockstill was chanting. Stockstill looked at him in astonishment, wondering who he would fight back against. Things were falling on them; did...

A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill.

Be Brave or Die

Could we possible manage the next phase of human history without first dealing with this penchant for dehumanizing the adversary?

Listen: Common sense doesn’t mean what it used to mean.”-Matthias Chalmers, STAIRWAY2 HEAVEN

Who knew that you would be The One,” I smile, “which I guess makes me your Trinity.””My Amidala.””Your Zira.””My Sylvia.””Your…” I scour my brain, trying to remember some other great sci-fi love interest.”Ha! I’m your...

Being a mercenary, though… Hey, we just go wherever there’s a mixture of money and trouble, and everyone in the galaxy is a potential customer.Even the people you’re paid to shoot at?Well, yeah. There are...

There comes a time when a man must forgo familiarity and venture into uncertainty; risking obscurity, but also quite possibly… finding meaning.

She pulls a spare head from beneath a pile of shoes and raises it by the hair. It looks like one of those cheap, blue heads that botwhores keep for lonely sci-fi freaks who want...

Let’s try to limit our use of stealth mode from now on,” I said.

Wesley Crusher: Say goodbye, Data. Lt. Cmdr. Data: Goodbye, Data. [crew laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Was that funny? Wesley Crusher: [laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Accessing. Ah! Burns and Allen, Roxy Theater, New York City, 1932....

My tears had unexpectedly become real.

This is a robbery. Sorry for the inconvenience’n’all but if you don’t line up out here at the count of five then I’m gonna get all trigger-happy on your ass. One, two…

Here’s the thing,” I said. “I’m not going to be the government’s bitch.

I guess I could drive myself crazy trying to figure out why he left me but I can’t, all I can do is move on, Parisa replied, the words came out smoother and easier than...

Kandinski looked up. ‘Do you read science fiction?’ he asked matter-of-factly.’Not as a rule,’ Ward admitted. When Kandinski said nothing he went on: ‘Perhaps I’m too skeptical, but I can’t take it too seriously.’Kandinski pulled...

His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal or human stirred, but not many. There were few cries of...

People fear what they don’t understand.

Two minutes worth of signal analysis told me all I needed to know. This station “talks” to the dark matter universe about what goes on inside.How did you cobble together a jammer so quickly?I had...

Do you know why the lotus is one of my favorite flowers?” I cocked my head to one side so I could see his expression.He shook his head.”This beautiful flower lives in the most vile,...

We all love after-the-bomb stories. If we didn’t, why would there be so many of them? There’s something attractive about all those people being gone, about wandering in a depopulated world, scrounging cans of Campbell’s...

The bag is now clearly catless, and there’s a very foul odor coming from the fan.

Rejoice in the colours…

The death has an only color.

Your thoughts are transparent.

I’ve never believed in the end of times. We are mankind. Our footprints are on the moon. When the last trumpet sounds and the beast rises from the pit—we will kill it.

I’m Catbug!

Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn’t it been clever? Yes, it had.

We’re not obsessed by anything, you see,” insisted Ford.”…””And that’s the deciding factor. We can’t win against obsession. They care, we don’t. They win.””I care about lots of things,” said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly...

A twisted, pale figure writhing in agony, chest bare and hideous. Tight, rigid cords of sickly green veins webbed across the boy’s body and limbs, like ropes under his skin. Purplish bruises covered the kid,...

Are you saying that the Rebel Alliance were religious terrorists and Yoda was a benefit cheat?

This one sank deep into her marrow and made her heart soar like the shuttles piercing the stratosphere.

From her own life experience Keldaren knew that loveable hunks were in short supply anywhere in the galaxy, loveable hunks who knew her were an extinct species, and that more marketing companies than friends had...