A girl in a crown of stars was coming toward him, but before she could see who he was he slipped through his curtains of flesh.

Just because the world often seemed to reward ugliness was no excuse to give up on beauty.

The world had edges but you couldn’t see them going, only when you were trying to come back.

...the beginning and the end of time. These are the same thing, as everybody knows who came into this universe via a wormhole.

The irony was not lost on any of us that despite the theme there was a robot on the throne.

It isn’t time that folds, it’s space.

Everybody thinks it’s going to be different for them, Janice said. The dinosaurs thought so too.

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama.

I really had very little to do with Pierre Trudeau. He was off the scene very soon.

A set of Bollywood actresses are coming through Dallas soon in a live tour; I'd pay a lot to see them, but alas, I'm fully booked elsewhere.

Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme.

How can I ask anyone to love me when all I do is beg to be left alone?

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.

There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now.