Melissa E.

“she was, like the paintings and marble pillars, a background detail in the house of the Basilisk. Only her bowing, the unexpected, enthusiastic shrieks she got out of the peasant’s instrument, made her incongruous, and therefore real.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Song for the Basilisk

“Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.” Malcolm shook his head.”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

“My point is that life on earth can take care of itself. In the thinking of a human being, a hundred years in a long time. A hundred years ago, we didn't have cars and airplanes and computers and vaccines...It was a whole different world. But to the earth, a hundred years is *nothing*. A million years is *nothing*. This planet lives and breathes on a much vaster scale. We can't imagine its slow and powerful rhythms, and we haven't got the humility to try. We have been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we are gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us."

- Ian Malcolm”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

“And I would say to you, as an old man who has seen more than you have  .  .  . war is lazy. War is an easy answer. Perhaps, after this day, you might consider trying something else.”
― Elizabeth Bonesteel, Breach of Containment