When you get close enough to someone you're never really alone again.

A citizen of the Roman Empire, for example, would have placed less value on individual liberty in the modern Western sense than on collective responsibility.

When you realize that you are an eternal being, you will laugh at things that used to give you anxiety attacks.

We do teach our kids the golden rule - Do as you would be done by.

The Long Earth is bountiful but not forgiving.

In the Vortex that lies beyond time and space tumbled a police box that was not a police box.

Authority. The antithesis of science.

We seem to be young, in a very old Galaxy. We're like kids tiptoeing through a ruined mansion.

A sentient mind refuses to be confined by the parameters of its programming.

This is a strange situation, sir. Perhaps imagination is what we need.

If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little House on the Prairie dream of yours.

The fatal problem with poetry: poems.

There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

Life is a journey, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot at the end.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

If I get busted in New York, the freest city in the world, that will be the end of my career.

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

I am not very good at reflecting. I am a complete perfectionist and always thinking to the next thing!

In your past lies your future. [Acheron Parthenopaeus]

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.