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

There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.

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?

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.

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

Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.