“I had to be careful. Nothing from the Otherworld was benign, especially something in packaging this attractive.”

“Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.”

“The harder you had to work to open a package, the less you ended up caring about what was inside.”

“I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant swordsman? It seems rather otherworldly in more ways than one.”

“She had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper, but the package was attractive enough to take your attention off of the contents....she was not in any way hard to look at, and those details which had been first disclosed when she appeared in her swimming rig were completely satisfactory.”

“But this is something new!' said Mrs. Munt, who collected new ideas as a squirrel collects nuts, and was especially attracted by those that are portable.”