Michael Kurland

"It had been a long time ago, when life had been less complex. Or, perhaps, it had only seemed less complex."

"There’s more leg room in first class, to be sure, but there’s more poetry in second class—and more honesty in third."

"“Any truth,” Chester said, “no matter how obscure, or seemingly unimportant, is a piece of the mosaic and a step toward completion."

"“I mistrust these artificial things,” O’Malley said. “Food doesn’t grow surrounded by tinfoil."

"Now, let us think our way out of this perplexity. How can you kill me without my suffering any ill effects from the deed?"

"“We are greatly complimented, my lord,” Marquis Sherrinford said dryly. “You don’t think we’re gibbering madmen."

"By their works we shall know them. Always assuming that they exist."

"It was obvious that insufficient education was a serious handicap."