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

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

"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.