The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each.

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" "Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe

If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.

The more I think about our species the more I think we just do stuff and make up explanations later when asked. But it's not true that I would rather write than read. I would rather read than write. To be honest I would rather hang upside down in a bucket than write.

The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a system at all and that it wasn't something that was just there.

Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.