Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

In cases of major discrepancy its always reality thats got it wrong ... reality is frequently inaccurate.

Nobody likes a whistler, particularly not the divinity that shapes our ends.

But while nature has considerable resilience, there is a limit to how far that resilience can be stretched. No one knows how close to the limit we are getting. The darker it gets, the faster we're driving

The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules for ourselves as we go along.