Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.

It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere.

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.

A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because Reason was in fact out to lunch.

In an infinite Universe anything can happen.