Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.

I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.

You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.

It's the end game that people dread and that's what I'm scared of

Up until now I'd always though RSI meant 'I hate my damn job'.

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.

Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.