“We may even find out why the duck-billed platypus.**Not why is it anything. Just why it is.”
“You’re in the country of the kangaroo and the duck-billed platypus, and you’re asking ‘why is it a mushroom? Because it just IS.”
“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?”
“Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.”
“Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.”
“She turned and looked at him. "Ducks?" she said again.A smile tugged the edge of his mouth. "I hate ducks. Don't know why. I just always have.”