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I am resigned to living in a chess-type universe—few and simple rules, but infinite combinations of them. But it would be nice to know an answer sometime.

— Hal Clement Hot Planet (1963)

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It seems that these men are primitive enough to have a marked tendency toward superstition—ascribing things they don’t understand to supernatural intervention.

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What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?

Mission of Gravity (1954)

No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see.

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Maybe we’ve been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.

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If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. The only space adventures I've heard of are second-hand stories built on guesswork; the people who really had them weren't around to tell about it.

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