Quantum uncertainty, chaos—these forever screen precise knowledge of the future from our eyes. — Gregory Benford

Uncompromising zeal doesn’t look in the mirror much.

You need friends to keep you on your feet, and enemies to keep you on your toes.

“So many people, close-packed.”

“Your kind apparently enjoys the crowding.”

“I…I can sort of see why it might be exciting. Like a never-ending party.”

Speaker grimaced. “Just the sort of horror I imagined, yes.”