We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.

Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.” “Sir?” “That’s practically zen.

Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken.

But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.