"The apple of knowledge is not far from here. As soon as you've eaten it, you'll know as much as I do. But be careful …"

"I am not from your world or this one; I was born on the Sun. Sometimes our world becomes overcrowded because our peop…"

"The angel had told me in my dream that if I wanted to acquire the perfect knowledge I desired, I would have to go to …"

"To tell the truth, the chariot was an astonishing sight to behold, because I had polished the steel of my flying hous…"

"You are now bearing the punishment for the shortcomings of your world. Here, as in your world, there are benighted pe…"

"The people of your world became so stupid and rude that my companions and I no longer enjoyed teaching them. You must…"

"I ran and grabbed the arm of the soldier who was lighting the fire. I tore the fuse away from him and, furious, threw…"

"After falling for a very long time, as I surmise after the fact (I was falling so fast that I must have lost track), …"

"I constructed a machine that I imagined was capable of taking me as high as I wanted to go. I launched myself into th…"

"To make myself visible as I am now, when I sense that the cadaver that I occupy is almost worn out or that the organs…"