Dave

“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.”
― Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island

“A young man seeks a woman and finds her and is great and dies to the world. Afterward he is never as great again, but the woman is a comfort to him, reminding him of the time that was, and he is a little again with her what once he was wholly.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Fifth Head of Cerberus

“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian