I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.

The Kappamaki, a whaling research ship, was currently researching the question: How many whales can you catch in one week?

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

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.