Caleb

“This problem cannot be solved with baked goods!” “Well! Certainly not with that attitude.”
― Michael G. Munz, Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure

“Not that it isn't sometimes fun to mention things for no reason. The platypus, for example, is not actually a terrestrial animal but a bioengineered probe designed to blend in amongst the planet’s other creatures, sent to Earth by aliens who did not do enough research. There’s no reason at all to mention that right now, but wasn’t it fun? Don’t make that face; it’s rude.”
― Michael G. Munz, Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure

“Listen: We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different!”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

“All data is stale. The photons reaching your eyes are stale. They tell you that you are looking at something real, but you have no information that the objects before you still exist. They may have vanished into oblivion the instant those photons took wing.”
― Alastair Reynolds, House of Suns