Farnham Calkins’s Reviews > Klavye Sürçmesi > Status Update

"If I knew that I could die at any time I wanted, then suddenly every day would be as precious as a million pounds. If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice."

"When you are big enough, and powerful enough, and pay the right people, you can do what you like. Greed and corruption are calling the shots.

As they say in Borneo: 'It's illegal - but it's official.'"

"There is a rumor going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist."

"Dull, dull, dull. This stuff is all science fiction that has come true - Arthur C. Clarke is a keen and persuasive salesman for the benefits of satellite technology - and it has come true quietly and it has become humdrum.

We hold in our hands a power that emperors dreamed of, and we say, 'It was only £69.95 because Dixons had a sale on.'

"It's better to ask Santa Claus for a pair of slippers for Christmas rather than peace on earth. You might actually get it. Big, jolly fat men can't deliver world peace. That's something we have to work at ourselves."

"Under those stiff Victorian clothes she would be as tough as nails. I took that as a given, because my creativity always appears to fail me if I try to write a soppy girl. I just can't. You could poke me with sticks, and it would have no effect."

"Orta Dünya benim ziyaret ettiğim bir yer. Bu yolculuk, bir tür kaçıştı sanırım; ve benim okulumda bu korkunç bir suçtu. Kaçış, bir hapishanede gerçekten korkunç bir suçtur; en azından hapsedene göre."

"Ben otomobil kullanacak, hatta muhtemelen emekli maaşı çekecek kadar yetişkin olan pek çok okurum olduğunu da gayet iyi biliyorum. Yine de, tüm okurlarımın Kevin ismine sahip on dört yaşında gençler olduğu miti hâlâ sürüyor."

"Brewer, o ünlü genel kültür bilgi oyunundan önceki günlerde gelişti: Küçük şeylere dair bilgi biriktirdiğiniz takdirde, günün birinde kendiliklerinden büyük şeylere dair bilgiye dönüşeceğinize hâlâ inanılan bir dönemde..."