Marcelo

“After our negotiations were completed, the dome would be imploded and launched toward the nearest black hole, so that none of its atoms would ever contaminate this particular universe again. I thought that last part was overkill.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days.”
― Conn Iggulden, Conqueror

“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”
― Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days