"Even though it’s applied science we’re dealin’ with, it still is – science!"

"Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essent…"

"MOND works far too well! In fact, just as planetary systems are Keplerian objects, galaxies are Milgromian …"

"That was another thing she taught me. That you are what you do. To Providence—or Progress or the Future or …"

"La Tia was fearless, but that could mean either that she had no guile or that she had no conscience."

"Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recentl…"

"Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible."