“… Each nugget of information was fascinating. The world was full of newfound marvels and he wanted to share the excitement with everybody. They all did. They had a certain sense. It wasn’t a sense of ennui or cynicism. It was…
A sense of wonder.
That was it. A sense of wonder, in the fine old original meaning of the word. They wondered at their world. Because when you did that, everything was wonder-full.
Fallen Angels, p.137
Niven, Pournelle and Flynn
