“The universe is always stranger than you think.
It didn’t matter how broad her imagination was, how cynical, how joyous and open, how well researched or wild minded. The universe was always stranger. Every dream, every imagining, however lavish and improbable, inevitably fell short of the truth.”

“Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!”

“All you imagined, no matter how wild it might seem, was no more than a disguised version of what you already knew.”

“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.”

“The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan.”

“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”

“His last thought, as sleep overtook him, was that it was true what Cosimo had said: the universe was far stranger than anyone imagined, or could imagine.”

“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.”

“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. ”

“You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, Aliie, more than you can ever imagine. I always have, and I always will.”