There are vampires and vampires, and not all of them suck blood. - Fritz Leiber

I’ll have to learn to snowshoe. I had my first lesson this morning and cut a ludicrous figure. I’ll be virtually a prisoner until I learn my way around. But any price is worth paying to get away from the thought-destroying din and soul-killing routine of the city!

There is an inescapable imperative about certain industrial developments. If there is not a safe road of advance, then a dangerous one will invariably be taken.

"Excuse me, Gaspard,” Flaxman interjected, “but would you mind turning the emotional down and the factual up?”