Dead. Never been that before. Not even once.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic.

Love isn't sensible, Red. I think that's the point.

I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus.

Don't let anyone tell you the future is already written. The best any prophet can do is to give you the most likely version of future events. It is up to us to accept the future for what it is, or change it. It is easy to go with the flow; it takes a person of singular courage to go against it.

Every book should have a romance.