“Patrick O'Brian is an incredible Naval Author. During WWII he drove ambulance during the Blitz.As a Paramedic myself, it is good to know an "ambulance driver" can become an exceptional naval author.”

“Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.”

“[S]o if the device of the person in the ambulance detected the device of the person he loved the most, or the person who loved him the most, and the person in the ambulance was really badly hurt, and might even die, the ambulance could flash GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU! GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU!”

“Be the Ambulance. Make toast.”

“During the last job, three people tried to dive under my ambulance. If I was allowed (by government grant or some such) to keep driving and splat them across my windscreen, that would mean three less idiots being allowed to breed tonight.”

“I'm calling an ambulance and a priest!”