It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else

It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of

There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?