Starfire

“D’you know what homeostasis is?”

“I used to, before I rotted my brain with politics.”

I’d make a case for saying anything that propagates itself in an intentional way qualifies to be thought of as alive.

It is not clear to me whether the insouciance of youth will be the doom of humanity or its salvation. I prefer to think the latter, but I have my doubts.

The limits we assign to Nature sometimes define our own lack of imagination.

Engineers are dangerous because they’re obsessed by facts and you can’t divert them or buy them off.

If you tried really hard, you could take that as a compliment.

Other people’s jobs always seemed easier than yours until you actually had to do them.

An old axiom: when you are totally confused, don’t make things worse by talking.

The bad thing about being a world-class worrier was that being right was worse than being wrong.

Humans were inexplicable only if you assumed that they were logical.

When you have died once, you become most reluctant to do so again.

The game never ended. If Sol were guaranteed to go nova tomorrow, today she would hear from lobbyists for sunscreen.

TIG. Trust In Government. An old political principle, to give your organization a name that’s the opposite of what you mean.