“Lend ear while things incredible we bring about
And Spacemen dead and deathless yet we sing about
And some were weak and wan, and some were strong enough,
And some got home, but damn it took them long enough!”

“But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.”

“Some things simply were too true to stay. Some merely came to visit for a while.”

“As long as we live there is never enough singing.”

“Now when I talk about love, I’m not talking about emotional bosh; I’m not talking about some weak, sentimental something; I’m talking about something strong and powerful. I’m talking about something that is active good will, not just a passive, dead something.”

“Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know.”

“Gentle lady, do not sing
Sad songs about the end of love;
Lay aside sadness and sing
How love that passes is enough.

Sing about the long deep sleep
Of lovers that are dead, and how
In the grave all love shall sleep:
Love is aweary now.”

“We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.”

“One of the big things about being a man, she'd noted, was that being good, doing the work, wasn't enough. It had to be generally acknowledged that here you were, damn well seeing to business.”

“Earlier, the scams were related to the defence deals, where things were difficult. Now, they have got into things within the country. And since there are lots of players, some of them spill the beans.”