The mind of Human Man is murky and dark," said Gunga-Sam, "but it is as crystal compared to the mind of Human Woman. - Robert Sheckley

Credit is, of course, an automatic privilege. But, eventually, everything must be paid for."

I know you’re sane and you know you’re sane. But what if we’re both wrong?

The coincidence would be too great anywhere except in Venice, where the machinery of illusion delights in casting up the improbable, the unusual, and the unexpected. There is a price, of course; by tampering with probabilities, Venice induces a deterioration in the commonplace—to her disadvantage.