Ayn Rand
- Evading Reality
The original version from a 1961 symposium read: Man is free to choose not to be conscious, but not free to escape the penalty of unconsciousness: destruction. Over the years this has been tightened up to read: We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
Douglas Adams
- Hitchhiker's Guide - Ch. 9
Wild yowling noises of pipes and strings seared through the wind, hot doughnuts popped out of the road for ten pence each, horrid fish stormed out of the sky and Arthur and Ford decided to make a run for it.