“Admiral Spartan thinks that the object must be exposed and penetrated with all possible speed.”

“Nothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.”

“He looked at the box with interest. 'Well, well. Five speeds. Heat and massage. Deep, penetrating action. Sure this isn't yours?”

“With magic almost anything was possible; all objects had energy, and energy could be manipulated.”

“We must allow ourselves to think, we must dare to think, even though we fail. It is in the nature of things that we always fail, because we suddenly find it impossible to order our thoughts, because the process of thinking requires us to consider every thought there is, every possible thought. Fundamentally we have always failed, like all the others, whoever they were, even the greatest minds. At some point, they suddenly failed and their system collapsed, as is proved by their writings, which we admire because they venture farthest into failure. To think is to fail, I thought.”

“Is it possible to be ticket for going too fast during speed dating?”