“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”

“Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.”

“People do terrible things to each other, but it's worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark.”

“It's silly to be depressed by it. I mean one thinks of it like being alive in a box, one keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead, which should make all the difference, shouldn't it? I mean, you'd never know you were in a box would you?... Even taking into account the fact that you're dead, it isn't a pleasant thought. Especially if you're dead, really. Ask yourself, if I asked you straight off-- I'm going to stuff you in this box now would you rather be alive or dead? Naturally you'd prefer to be alive. Life in a box is better than no life at all.”

“The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan.”

“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”

“I'm going to be dead before I read the books I'm going to read.”