“But maybe 'coincidence' was a name given to things by people who just haven't spottted a connection yet.”

“Adults are just making things up as they go along. And when they’re scared, adults have no more answers than us kids”

“It was a story by Edgar Allan Poe""I didn't know the Teletubbies had first names ...”

“The process of reading a book takes a while to get used to (in this future society). It's so slow and laborious. But once you get into it, once you forget the way you're reading and concentrate on what you're reading, it becomes a really unique experience. You have to work to draw meaning from it rather than having a meaning given to you. It doesn't tell you how to think.”

“Superstition requires no tests, no measurements, no proof: just faith.”

“How was it even possible to know if your brain was malfunctioning, because the very thing you need to think it all through is the very thing that might be playing up in the first place”

“Light is supposed to be reasuring. You learn that when you're very young. It defeats the bad things creeping around in your room.Every Parent knows the magic gesture chases the monesters away.”