Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.

Whatever you choose, your choice will mean there are two new worlds. And perhaps sometimes, on the edge of sleep, we will see the shadow of the other world. There will be no unhappy memories.

Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

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

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.