The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself-a lad of about 19

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

Shuki’s wisdom: "Sometimes things happen, and the only choice you have is to accept it, and learn to make a life anyway.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.