And then, just when you think that you have experienced all the wonders that this world has to offer, you round a peak and suddenly think you're doing the whole thing over again, but this time on drugs.

I can see we're in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse.

Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.

Yes it is,' said the Professor. 'Wait—' he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate— 'let it be. It won't be long.' Richard stared in disbelief. 'You say there's a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?' The Professor looked blankly at him.

Very strange people, physicists - in my experience the ones who aren't dead are in some way very ill.

Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.