Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.

Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it.

It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks.

Not for the first time in the history of the universe, someone for whom communication normally came as effortlessly as a dream was stuck for inspiration when faced with a few lines on the back of a card.

Incidentally, it's best not to argue with the nursing staff. I find the best course of action is to throw some chocolates in one direction and hurry off in the other while their attention is distracted.

You can think and you can fight, but the world's always movin', and if you wanna stay ahead you gotta dance.