"And this is a pity because, if anybody had known anything about them, it is just possible that a most terrible catastrophe would have been averted—or, at least, would have had to find a different way to happen."
Chap. 1, p. 11

"Life will always find a way of hanging on in somewhere."
Chap. 2, p. 17

"Never go back for your bag."
Chap. 2, p. 29

"What I lost, I think, was a whole other life."
Chap. 2, p. 34

"Now logic is a wonderful thing but it has, as the processes of evolution discovered, certain drawbacks."
Chap. 6, p. 60

"Yes, it's the right planet, all right. Right planet, wrong universe."
Chap. 7, p. 80

"You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead."
Chap. 9, p. 105

"The Universe was what the Universe was, take it or leave it."
Chap. 11, p. 121

"We live...