“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”
“Without warning, the room is immersed in the images of battle, burning buildings, all around them people running and screaming. Trad ducks instinctively as a fireball hurls in his direction and Veebee retreats to her home.”
“Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.”
“I walked into adventure and adventure has given me blisters.”
“Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.”
“If you can’t change the world with chocolate chip cookies, how can you change the world?”
“The thin girl was gulping down one of Richard s bananas in what was, Richard reflected, the least erotic display of banana-eating he had ever seen.”
“Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.”
“Good Samaritans: Truth, justice and the American way–for them it wasn t only a comic book code; it was a way of life. it was admirable, courageous, and inconvenient as shit. -Stefan, CHIMERA”
“Leela: Why are we listening to them? It is a waste of time. The Doctor; It is difficult to know what will be a waste of time until after the time has been wasted, by which time it is too late. So predicting what will be a waste of time is something of a waste of time. Unless it gives you pleasure of course when it probably doesn t count as a waste of time. Leela (yawning): I am sorry I did not hear what you said, Doctor. The Doctor (smiling): That was a waste of time then.”
“Jiggling her way around the four-poster, she grabs Nate’s wrist and gropes for his pulse.”
“Vashti was seized with the terrors of direct experience. She shrank back into the room, and the wall closed up again.”
“... we know where this will end,’ he says, gesturing his ageing body. ‘... I am after all nothing more than my roots – a typical Amunarainith...”
“I just saved your fucking life, Mom...It s like, if you--people of a certain age--would make some effort to just stay in touch with sort of basic, modern-day events, then your kids wouldn t have to take these drastic measures.”
“Muses are the Mata Haris of inspiration.”
“WICKED is good”
“That’s Vegan not Vulcan!”