"A penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree."

"We unfold out of the Idea of Space the propositions of geometry, which are plainly truths of the most rigor…"

"The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alte…"

"The new pornographers subvert this last, vital privacy; they do our imagining for us. They take away the wo…"

"The universe owed her a little slice of luck like that."

"I come back to speed, and I want my last words to be on speed. I see a danger ahead that our people may bec…"

"I have spent 20 years writing these books. Had I wanted to say men are beasts and scream, that takes 30 sec…"