You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.

War does not decide who is right but who is left.

An index is a great leveller.

Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong.

Captain Shotover: How much does your soul eat? Ellie: Oh, a lot. It eats music and pictures and books and mountains and lakes and beautiful things to wear and nice people to be with.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.