The Gods Do Not Protect Fools. Fools

We Should Not Have Assumed That A Political Space Station Could Be Built.

I've Spent A Lot Of My Life Among People Brighter Than Myself.

As For Aids, It's A Plague. We Are Human, We Get Plagues. They Come Along Every So Often, Kill Off Two Thirds Of The Population; In The Next Generation It's A Quarter; After That It's A Childhood Disease.

And Every Friend I've Got Has Been Writing Mars Stories. It Was Pretty Clear I'd Never Catch Up.

For Each Human Being There Is An Optimum Ratio Between Change And Stasis. Too Little Change, He Grows Bored. Too Little Stability, He Panics And Loses His Ability To Adapt. One Who Marries Six Times In Ten Years Won't Change Jobs. One Who Moves Often To Serve His Company Will Maintain A Stable Marriage. A Woman Chained To One Home And Family May Redecorate Frantically Or Take A Lover Or Go To Many Costume Parties.