“Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.”
“I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend my time alone with a book and a decanter of brandy.”
“Books don't need batteries.”
“I am an alien, I have extraordinary powers, with more to come, and I can do things that no human would dream of, but I still look like a fool.”
“But I am still far from them, and my sense does not speak to their sense. To men I am something between a fool and a corpse.”
“I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”