Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
There is no indisputable proof for the big bang,” said Hollus. “And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?
It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence,” said Hollus, “or it is deliberate design.
You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you, I wouldn’t exist.
Honor does not have to be defended.
Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.
General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.
Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.
The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.