Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

The dream didn't fade as dreams usually do upon waking.

Theres a constant struggle going on about how much will be illegal and how much you will be free to take. Can we open the pharmacies? Can we put Valium and Percodan and those sorts of things out on the shelves? I wouldn't take it. I don't know.

But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it.

A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.

Las personas con un alto nivel de tolerancia al aburrimiento tienen tiempo de sobra para pensar.

A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.