“Numquam illegitimi carborundum --"Never let the bastards grind you down.”-- my old Latin prof Dr. Kuk''s version, other minor variations out there.”

“Numquam illegitimi carborundum --"Never let the bastards grind you down.”-- my old Latin prof Dr. Kuk''s version, other minor variations out there.”

“Tracing the beginnings of the interwoven stories of science can be arbitrary, as beginnings are so often lost in the mists of time.”

“His shadow splayed out huge before him, and his mind gleamed with ancient wars and winged beings, a mountain of melted demon bones and the city on the far side of it--a city that had vanished in the mists of time.”

“There has always been the wind. Since our planet began to turn, there has been the wind. This ball of dirt and fire and water started to spin. The air stirred. And Earth's time began. But the beginnings of the wind are lost in the mists of time. The wind blew before the Appian Way wended through Rome. It blew before the Parthenon crowned Athens. Before pyramids sprang up in Egypt. Before the Mayans. Before the Incas. Before Man.”