"Beware the ides of March."
— William Shakespeare

"He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft."
— Vernor Vinge (A Fire Upon The Deep)

"So much technology, so little talent."
— Vernor Vinge (Rainbows End)

"It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again."
— Orson Scott Card (The Folk of the Fringe)

"Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty."
Gideon Wyeth:"Why?"
Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.""
— Orson Scott Card

"This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."
- Andrew Wiggin"
— Orson Scott Card (Speaker for the Dead)