Garrett," said Stendahl, "do you know why I've done this to you? Because you burned Mr. Poe's books without really reading them. You took other people's advice that they needed burning. Otherwise you'd have realized what I was going to do to you when we came down here a moment ago. Ignorance is fatal, Mr. Garrett.

Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.

I’ve learned that by doing things, things get done.

I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise.

Thinking little at all about nothing in particular.

I'm inclined to believe you need the psychiatrist.