I’ve got the worst time of my life ahead of me, and our wonderful medical establishment will stretch it out… — Peter F. Hamilton

Well, just remember, babies are God’s way of persuading parents to have teenagers.

Your generation, always want the capital letters, never the subtext. You don’t learn to read properly, that’s the trouble. And don’t start telling me you’ve accessed books. I’m talking about the real thing, good solid paper that you can hold in your hand, and bend the page corners the way you’re not supposed to.

It was the sort of review board that Jeff thoroughly disapproved of; hands-on bureaucratic interference in university and agency programs always lead to pure science being impoverished.