“People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions.”

“Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take evasive action.”

“Charisma is a mysterious and powerful thing. I have it in limited supply, and that which I do have functions under highly specialized conditions.”

“I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is.”

“Don't struggle too hard to understand people, Sym. They're hideously complicated. Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is accept them...go around them...take evasive action.”

“I have to speak carefully now because I have this strange habit of imitating British people without even realizing that I'm doing it.”