“Humanity has evolved—as far as it has evolved,” continued the old priest, “with no thanks to its… — Dan Simmons

Information is always to be treasured, Raul. It is behind only love and honesty in a person’s attempt to understand the universe.

The future is never written...only penciled in.

I realized that night the import and the terrible difficulty in the task ahead of me—in keeping this child safe from the sharp edges of a strange and indifferent universe.

I think that is was on this alien and storm-tossed night that I first understood what it might be like to be a parent.