I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster.
My books are just pure escapism for kids.
And every human being is precious.
The universe can take quite a while to deliver.
Steampunk is Victorian science fiction
You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Is that clear?" said Borcht "as clear as pea soup" I said
I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
Praise be Allah and prayers and peace upon Mohammed.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
Hubris and science are incompatible.
Winning is the science of being totally prepared.
From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.
Historical science is being left in the dust.
