The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

新殖民地的建立者，无论他们最初可能设想出多么乌托邦的人类美德和幸福，都无一例外地在他们最早的实际需求中认识到，必须分配一部分处女地作为墓地，另一部分作为监狱的所在地。