God exists. He has one wicked since of humor, and right now he’s having a grand old time punking the planet.

Soylent Brown? It ain’t people, but it comes from them.

Front grace in the shadows

One thing I can guarantee, is that the world will never change itself because of our weaknesses. In fact, it has ways of actually becoming more dangerous when we approach it with a bad attitude.

When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings; I was by and large a grubby child, with a blissful disregard for...

To me, the best, if not the only function of imaginative writing, is to lead the human imagination outward, to take it into the vast external cosmos, and away from all that introversion and introspection,...

No food, you die in weeks. No water, you die in days.

If humanity is annihilated because we were too busy squabbling with one another to manage a proper stand, we probably deserve the annihilation.

Ce te înnebunește nu vine din tine. Nici din mintea, nici din sufletul tău. Ce te înnebunește te înconjoară. Rigiditatea. O rigiditate care te apasă, te sufocă și te mistuie între cer și păm nt....

We do not stop. You all took the oath to come here. Hard work lies before us in breeding our new community. – Adrian

I learned as a kid that homo sapiens would rather fight other homo sapiens than microbes. For one thing, it’s easier. And there’s something satisfying about knowing somebody else is the bad guy and seeing...

People say, ‘Time heals all wounds.’ That may be true, but relocating to an alternate reality can sure help too.” -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 1941

I believe you to be Filidor Vesh,” said the dwarf.”You are entitled to your beliefs, however ill-founded,” Filidor replied. “No doubt you will wish to search further for this Vesh, rather than impose your presence...

Dreams deny her the freedom she truly seeks. Darkness consumes. Leg muscles burn. She runs away, even while lost in the paradise of sleep. Gravity is a crushing force bearing down on her chest, shattering...

England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It’s king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

Be like the koru; as you go forward into the forever-changing future, always remain faithful to the point of origin.

All his senses screamed in warning, the very air reeking of forbidden magic, but duty call him forward.

As her vision flickered one last time, the man was gone; it was her mother looking into her eyes.Her mother’s eyes were filled with so much love that it seemed to release her from her...

We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other’s dreams.

For so long considered a second-rate category to other writing genres, Science Fiction should be allotted its true place in literature. The reason Science Fiction is so important is because SF authors create the future....

I take it you know my companion?”Oh,yes!” said Savage, his smile disappearing. “We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don’t let her kill anyone important. Or set fire to anything.”Your reputation precedes you,” Random said...

Everyone please stand behind the yellow line until the doors open. No food, drink, flash photography, or video cameras are permitted. Once aboard the ride, please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at...

Never let other people bring you down let Jesus be the one who brings you down, because he knows what he is doing

A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.

Either I’ve got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I’ve grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just then he thought. I’d better get a move on, got work to do....

Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive.

I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and reject only the prejudice and ignorance that dismisses any book, unread, as not worth reading.”...

Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.

One can lose themselves in the twilight, when there are no colors to guide the way.

And that’s what I don’t like about magic, Captain. ‘cos it’s *magic*. You can’t ask questions, it’s magic. It doesn’t explain anything, it’s magic. You don’t know where it comes from, it’s magic! That’s what...

[“The Devil in the Dark”] impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many...

Truth or dare…truth ain’t fair. Marshal Robert Quantrell – Belle Starr: Dead Man’s Hand (work in progress)

This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.

Hey, when you love a woman, and when she’s this crazy in love with you, you’ve got to do whatever she says, man.

What lies beyond the wormhole … is the devil incarnate.

If you ever find yourself coming out of a time machine, run. Run away as fast you can. Don’t stop. Don’t try to talk. Nothing good can come out of it.” narrator Charles Yu, not...

Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around.

There’s so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned.

Humanity is a spectator sport. God is the spectator.

She’d crossed into a place where truth, even if it was brutal, was all she had to offer.

No,” he said, “look, it’s very, very simple … all I want … is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Keep quiet and listen.” And he sat. He told...

It is as it is. Betren son of Bromwell Defender of Delmarath

You cannot hide from the world. It will find you. It always does. And now it has found me. My split second of immortality is over. All that’s left now is the end, which is...

Gods do not decide who goes to Heaven or who goes to Hell. That is for the Cosmic Forces to decide. You are as close to being like a God than you ever will be....

He was terrified he was making the wrong choice. He relied on his instincts in his work but now he didn’t dare trust them. The wound of betrayal still burned raw in his chest and...

The brain represented the most complex organism ever to exist, and impossible to tame. Morality could not be spawned by tweaking a few genes or shutting off a few neurons. Not yet. So though humanity...

I focus all my energy into become a faster, stronger, and better version of myself.

You go, girl!” smirk right back. I think of CK, how he and I often sat like that. Not because we were seconds from making out or wanted to look like a couple, but just...

Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.

You shouldn’t say mean things to people before they kill you. It’s being a sore loser.