"Don't you ever get tired of reading?" she asked. "You could hardly be called good company! Don't you know that, with women, you're supposed to make conversation?" she added; her half smile was perhaps..."
- Italo Calvino
"Say "no" to corruption; it does not fit you! Say "no" to bad leadership; you don't fit there. Say "no" to immorality; it will only fake you! Be bold to say "no" if that is what will take your breakfas..."
- Israelmore Ayivor
"The fourth approved approach for the problem of frontally attacking a guarded wormhole was to shoot the officer who suggested it."
- Lois McMaster Bujold