Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.

The universe was bad enough without people poking it.

It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone’s mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.

Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.

Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.