“Volumes of history written in the ancient alphabet of G and C, A and T.”

“The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged alphabetically they are uselessly separated. In the OED, for example, aardvarks are 19 volumes away from the zoo, yachts are 18 volumes from the beach, and wine is 17 volumes from the nearest corkscrew.”

“up or down from the infinite C E N T E RB R I M M I N G at the winking rim of timethe voice in my head saidLOVE IS THE DISTANCEBETWEEN YOU AND WHAT YOU LOVE”

“Occasionally she glanced at him, asking with her glance, 'Is this what I think?' "I understand,' she said, blushing. "What is this word?' he said, pointing to the "n' that signified the word "never." .... She wrote: t, I, c,g,n,o,a.”

“Sie haben ja sooo recht, Frau Zappka...Ich höre in diesem Haus auch a-l-l-e-s. Bloß von Ihnen and Ihrem Mann höre ich nichts. G-a-r n-i-c-h-t-s. Schönen Tag noch.”

“Does G get angry because it follows F in the alphabet? Does page 68 in a book start a revolution because it follows 67?”