The nice guy, they say, finishes last. But in romantic relationships, the nice guy often isn't even in the running. […] The nice guy may have expressed an interest in dating you…. The nice guy is the person who you trust and feel comfortable with, but don't see as fun or challenging or really all that interesting, other than as a friend, of course.

Keeping transactions together is about managing everyone's expectations and being a person who does not throw gas on the fire.

Over the next few decades, several million humans immigrated to Eden Prime and a primarily agrarian culture developed. The new colony quickly became not only self-sufficient, but began exporting goods.

The low prices which fish have been bringing of late years is a serious matter for those who prosecute the fisheries to look in the face. Has the taste for fairmaids died out with the Italians, or are they being supplied from other countries ?