Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I will eat the banana. There is no banana. I want another banana.

First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third Thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves. They’re rare, and often troublesome. Listening to them is part of witchcraft.

You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.

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

There are, almost by definition, an unlimited number of Hells - potentially at least a personal one for every living sapient being.

Thats how we survive infinity - we kill it by breaking it up into small bits.

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.