What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?

Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next.

I don't really have any advice, other than to say it's the most appallingly difficult thing I've ever tried to do and I wish I had a better idea of how to do it. In my experience what you end up with is the by-product of your failure to achieve what you set out to do. It may turn out OK, but it wasn't what you meant and you've no idea how you got there.

Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.

Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.

You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.

There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.