"To known hazards, the human animal can react with fear bleach
ed with reason. The unknown drops him back into the cave night,
into the sabered terror, awash in adrenaline, the sphincter
precarious, muscles knotted for the sideways leap, the
head-down whimpering run." -John D. MacDonald, ':
The girl, the gold watch, and everything.'

"I'll try not to leave a footprint when I go over your head"

Un enfant, c'est un insurgé. - A child is a rebel. - Simone
de BEAUVOIR

Le monde est fait avec des astres et des hommes.- the world is
made of stars and men. - Émile VERHAEREN

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire
"No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking."

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the
truth." - Voltaire (1694-1778)

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it."
- Voltaire [Francois Marie Arouet] (1694 - 1778)
I call architecture frozen music.
{Letter to Eckerman, Mar. 23, 1829} Goethe
In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded.
{Lords and Ladies, 1992} Terry Pratchett
It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people to do it for you, you see. They always get it
wrong.
{Sourcery, 1988} Terry Pratchett
What better work for one who loves freedom than the job of Watchman? Law is the servant of Freedom. Freedom without limits is just a word.
{Feet of Clay, 1996} Terry Prachett
Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs.
{Hogfather, 1996} Terry Pratchett
You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, "but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have
been wrong, can they?
{The Fifth Elephant, 1999} Terry Pratchett
Some people are heroes. And some people jot down notes. ... Sometimes they're the same person.
{The Truth, 2000}

41.Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyrants. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. ... It's the only way to make progress.
{The Truth, 2000} Terry Pratchett
I am an avid reader of good fanfiction and a attempted writer. ;
I love science fiction, fantasy, military fiction(if it's well written), and humor.

Among my favorite authors are: Lois McMaster Bujold, Robert Heinlein,
Robin McKinley, Anne Rice, Tanya Huff, Robert Asperin, Douglas Adams,
Lloyd Alexander, Laurel K. Hamilton, Harry Harrison, Orson Scott Card,
William Gibson, Jane Austen, Terry Prachett, CJ CherryH, Robert Freeza,
and Barbara Hambly, and of course, Voltaire. ;

I love many books, genres, movies, and tv shows. The books
are too many to list. Tv shows: X Files, Lone Gunmen(curse
those who canceled it), ER, Law and Order, NYPD Blue, Simpsons,
Hogan's Heroes, the original Avengers, Star Trek TOS, TNG,
That 70s Show, etc...
Some of the best movies ever are the Matrix, 1970s 3&4
Musketeers, Fight Club, The Princess Bride, Dr Strangelove, The
Assassination Bureau, Star Trek 4, gosh, I can't think of any more right this minute