Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.

I think I would like to go into modelling. Of course, I don't know how to do it, and wouldn't be any good at it if I did, so I'm going to employ someone to walk the catwalks on my behalf. It would still be me, of course.

Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

Humans need fantasy in order to be human.

You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.

I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.