“Gods and men create one another, destroy one another, though by different means.”

“In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another.”

“I mean that gods do not limit men. Men limit men.”

“Human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.”

“They caressed one another until their hides shone. They embraced until their 206 bones squeaked like mice. Their bed was a boat in a weird sea.”

“This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.”

“Plans are one thing and fate another. When they coincide, success results. Yet success mustn't be considered the absolute. It is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate resposne to life. Success can eliminate as many options as failure.”