The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.
Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying “End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH,” the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
No-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.
It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever. Have you thought of going into teaching?
It was sad music. But it waved the sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could but you were still alive.
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.
In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
