Helen

“Dear Lord," my grandmother muttered under her breath. "All you think about is death! It is like living with the Grim Reaper." Dad”
― Catherine Bruns, Tastes Like Murder

“Callahan dried his big meaty hands on his apron and cleared his throat with a sound like a bulldozer in pain.”
― Spider Robinson, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

“I think of us as a people who inoculate ourselves against a plague of insanity with a powerful anti-idiotic called science fiction. I think sf is a literature which by its very nature requires that you be at least a little sane, that you know at least a little something. You must abdicate the right to be ignorant in order to enjoy science fiction, which most people are unwilling to do; and you must learn, if not actually how to think things through, at least what the trick looks like when it's done. Frequent injections will keep a lot of madness away.”
― Spider Robinson, Time Travellers Strictly Cash

“Perhaps you’ve heard the one about the difference between a bass player and a large pepperoni pizza? The pizza can feed a family of four. I”
― Spider Robinson, Callahan's Con (The Place, #2)