They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?

Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.