“We’ll all say that. We’ll all go on and make the place safe. Roads, cities. New sky, new soil. Until it’s all some kind of Siberia or Northwest Territories, and Mars will be gone and we’ll be here, and we’ll wonder why we feel so empty. Why when we look at the land we can never see anything but our own faces.” FeelsLooksKindFacesCitiesWonderGoneSkyLandGoes OnSafeEmptySoilTerritoryMarsSiberia Author:Kim Stanley
“What kind of Dv would it take to escape history, to escape an inertia that powerful, and carve a new course? The hardest part is leaving Earth behind.” KindEarthCoursesPowerfulBehindsLeavingHardestInertia Author:Kim Stanley
“Whistling together. Some kind of performance. I mean, not just a conversation, but a performance.” KindMeanTogetherConversationPerformancesWhistling Author:Kim Stanley
“In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.” WorldHumansKindUseTakenLaborInstanceClassicCapitalistWork Experience Author:Kim Stanley