Maybe it’s time we humans abandoned our species-specific chauvinism—our petty outrage that the Universe has… — Stephen Baxter

The river of time flowed unmarked, towards the endless seas of timelike infinity.

“But that’s insane,” Morrow protested.

Uvarov hissed, “No one ever said it wasn’t. We’re human beings. What do you expect?”

She tried, sometimes, to remember how it had been to be young. Or even, not quite so old.