Adventure has been defined as somebody else having a difficult time, a long way away. (p. 17) - Keith Laumer

Quelius—you're nuts—did you know that?
"Of course. That's quite all right. Better embarked on an exciting insanity than moldering away in dull normality. One thing you can't deny: we psychotics lead interesting lives."

Foster shook his head. “The inherent inertia of the human mind,” he said. “How it fights to resist new ideas.”

Yours is not to reason why, eh? I guess you’re lucky at that. It’s not dying that hurts—it’s living.