"It was irritating to have one’s physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a be…"

"Malcolm had never been greatly inclined to metaphysical or religious speculation, but he had hoped that if there was …"

"Once again, Malcolm was moved to wonder at the stupidity, or at least the obscurity, of the King of the Gods; evident…"

"And, like many missionaries, she was not above a little persecution in the cause of the communication of Enlightenment."

"Suddenly, she was not pretty at all; she looked like a thousand-year-old teenager who wanted something she knew she c…"

"“You’re Loge, aren’t you? It’s odd. I was frightened of you when I thought you were the taxman, but now you turn out …"

"You see, the last thing my daughter wants is to be happy. She’d hate it. No, what she wants is to be finally, definit…"

"And so you give this irregularity in your minds a name of its own. You call it Love, which is meant to make everythin…"

"“But isn’t everybody the same? Don’t the Gods and Goddesses ever fall in love? And didn’t you once to try and chat up…"

"Jeez, for a superior intelligence, you must be just plain dumb,' he said."