The Earthlings behaved at all times as though there were a big eye in the sky—as though that big eye were ravenous for entertainment.

I think you guys are going to have to come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living.

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

What passes for culture in my head is really a bunch of commercials.

You are pooped and demoralised,” read Dwayne. “Why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable.

The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing.

Big, undreamed-of things — the people on the edge see them first.