“The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.”

“No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.”

“A bruxis. That was the one wish more powerful than a gavriel, and its trade value was singular: The only way to purchase one was with one’s own teeth. All of them, self-extracted.”

“Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist that all valid information come from science or doctors, Common Sense becomes uncommon or lost forever.”

“Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.”

“We all have some screws loose, common sense and intelligence can diminish that”