But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand wh….

I have too many secrets. For all these years I've been a speaker for the dead, uncovering secrets and helping people to live in the light of truth. N….

At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre i….

To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's always pleasantly..

Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness, then." "Val," said Mother, "go….

Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be..

Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you ….

I am a creature of chemicals..

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice..

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian ….

History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken..

The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending-the sad ending is sometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is act….

I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out aft….

He is dead, she thought bitterly, because we have forgotten him..

She likes us,” said Umbo. “I know, I could feel it too,” said Rigg. “She’s really glad to have us here. I think she loves us like her own children.” ….

A library is the first step of a thousand journeys, portal to a thousand worlds..

It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no mat….

The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it. And anybody who does not want a….

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you.

The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win..

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?.