The world has so multiplied the causes of fear that no one is left entirely unafraid. — John Wyndham

"There are, of course, risks. In fact, there are three distinct kinds of risk: the known ones which we can and shall prepare against; the known ones which we must trust to luck to avoid; and the entirely unknown."

"I'm afraid I'm not very good at understanding things like that."

"You say that, but what you really mean is: 'I don't want to understand things like that.' "

"It's true," she admitted.

"We have had a glorious past—but a glorious past is bitterness for a child with a hopeless future."