In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!
Chapter 13 (p. 158) |
Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that’s what pleases me.
James BlishBut now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.
James Blish