Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now before it runs away and becomes the then.

The pamphlet was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.

Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever touching lips.

I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment.

Never f*!k with the ineffable.

A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy.