Uncertainty may be the factor that makes life tolerable. Hope is what keeps us going.
The room was small, but as neat as his necktie and as clean as his collar. The fireplace was swept; the floor was bare and polished. Books crowded bookshelves in every possible space. One corner was filled by an elderly flat-top desk; the papers on it were neatly in order. Near it, on its own stand, was a small electric calculator. To her right, french windows gave out on a tiny porch over the garage. Beyond it she could see the sprawling city, where a few neon signs were already blinking.
Don’t anybody mention ice skating; Grandmaw is too old and frail and it wouldn’t be polite. Hilda, you suggest dominoes and we’ll all chime in – Grandmaw likes dominoes. We’ll go skating some other time. Okay, kids?” Jubal.
A dead person’s clothes should be given away or burned; nothing should be kept that does not inspire happy memories.
Surely where a man lives is the least important thing about him.
Oh, whoever thought up that nonsense about ‘parting is such sweet sorrow!’ ” “Chap by the name of Shakespeare,” I said. “But he was writing for money. Anything for a tear. Or a laugh. Either way, he got paid. He killed ’em off, at the end – and got paid for that, too.” “I know he did. Made me cry. What a shameful way for a grown man to make a living!
I haven’t been in the slightest danger. Just lost. And now I’m found.
Boss, you’re nitpicking to avoid admitting that it was your fault, not mine.
Girls are interesting, Mike; they can reach conclusions with even less data than you can.
The notices of change of address and of call code had gone out earlier but it was not until we were here and our comm center reestablished that I was notified that you had not made routine acknowledgment.” “For the bloody good reason that I did not receive routine notice!
Yo descargo a mis ministros de muchos de esos aburridos trabajos de colocar primeras piedras y asistir a los desfiles, ya sabe.
But what did they appear to be doing? ‘They went to work to earn the money to buy the food to get the strength to go to work to earn the money to buy the food to get the strength to go to work to get the strength to buy the food to earn the money to go to – ’ until they fell over dead.
Oh, my God!” “Compose yourself.
I deduced a minor truth: gems make fine accents for female beauty – but only as accents; beauty is fundamental. Better no jewelry than to deck a lovely woman like a Christmas tree.
Hice un descubrimiento muy importante en el campamento Currie: la felicidad consiste en dormir suficiente.
The spirit of a good woman cannot be coded by nucleic acids arranged in a double helix, and only an overeducated fool could think so.
Jake, did you see anything? I didn’t.” “Nothing, Captain.” “Astrogator?” “Just blankness. Please, can we have the lights on?” I flipped on the overhead lights. “Science Officer?” “USS Enterprise being chased by a Klingon cruiser.” “Sharpie, that’s a false report. The Enterprise doesn’t run from just one Klingon cruiser.” “It was going boldly where no man has gone before. Aside from that, I didn’t see a thing. Let’s try another universe; this one stinks.
Kettering’s Law: “Logic is an organized way of going wrong with confidence.
An Ad-Hoc Inquiry Concerning the Optimization of the Infrastructure of Primary Educational Institutions at the Interface Between Administration and Instruction, with Special Attention to Group Dynamics Desiderata.
The Legion of Space?