Optimism expressed as conservation of delta V.

There's a right thing to do, Holden said. You don't have a right thing, friend, Miller said. You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.

You're the predator right up until you're prey.

No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.

If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as an option. When you can't think of a good rebuttal for your opponent's argument, you can always punch them in the face.

The problem with living with miracles was that they made everything seem plausible.

Theological anthropology is a lot simpler when humans are the only ones with souls.

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas.

No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.

Too many dots, Miller said. Not enough lines.

No rest for the wicked, no peace for the good.