"Not only is God dead, but just try to find a plumber on weekends."

Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops, boy.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Awash with unfocused desire, Everett twisted the lobe of his one remaining ear and felt the presence of somebody else behind him, which caused terror to push through his nervous system like a flash flood roaring down the mid-fork of the Feather River