It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all, just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.

I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.

They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can say who the new Tyrant is. One man ... one vet. ... Everyone has ... the vet. Except for women, of course. And children. And criminals. And slaves. And stupid people. And people of foreign extraction. And people disapproved of for, er, various reasons. And lots of other people. But everyone apart from them. It's a very enlightened civilization.

A push-and-go wooden duck on wheels can cause quite a lot of damage if wielded with enough force.

These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.