Rome wasn't built in a day.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Some automatic device clicked in her big brain, and her knees felt weak, and there was a chilly feeling in her stomach. She was in love with this man. They don't make memories like that anymore

Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

How’s the patient?” asked Derby. “Dead to the world.” “But not actually dead.” “No.” “How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.

Well, we are terribly divided politically, yes, and, you know, I don't mean to intimidate you and your listeners but I have a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago.