THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the known child.

Emotion is a rotten base for politics.

Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull?

Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.

Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont apply to you.