'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and get killed.