But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.

Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.