Is it painful?" the groundskeeper asked. "I am asking for science.

Every science fiction is a reading of the period that produced it.

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

Twango's hospitality, though largely symbolic, does him credit.

And she laughed, a full octave, descending from high C like chimes.

Being alone does not make you crazy, it reminds you of who you are.

You're a kid. I didn't know we taught kids manners anymore.

HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!

It would not do to be Lord of a universe inhabited solely by serfs.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.

Alexis, please mind your mouth. Cursing in Russian is still cursing.

Humans would never tell the simple truth when a lie was available....

He had been trying to measure the distance between the earth and God.

Such kings can destroy a world, just as easily as they can build one.