It’s all a bit anarchic, I suppose, but it’s also highly effective. Fl — Stephen Baxter

"Maybe it’s time we humans abandoned our species-specific chauvinism—our petty outrage that the Universe has unfolded in a way that doesn’t suit us."

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

"Mind you, flatulence was one skill he had bettered as he had got older."

"I’ve made myself a rich man. You shouldn’t assume that makes me a fool."

"Bzya touched his shoulder. “But that’s why you and I are here, old man. To keep the world away from boys like Farr and Cris—to give them a place that seems as stable and eternal as your parents did when you were a child—until they are old enough to cope with the truth.”"

"The secret of a Scientist is not what he knows. It’s what he asks."