Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.

Progress just means bad things happen faster.

It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny.

When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.

It's a guilty secret of a lot of writers, as you get older you don't read as much fiction as you used to, mainly because it's like you are deconstructing it all the time.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.