The kakapo is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for waggling a bit if it thinks it's about to trip over something - but flying is out of the question. Sadly, however, it seems that not only has the kakapo forgotten how to fly, but it has forgotten that it has forgotten how to fly. Apparently a seriously worried kakapo will sometimes run up a tree and jump out of it, whereupon it flies like a brick and lands in a graceless heap on the ground.

It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?

The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.

Life is wasted on the living.