George R.R. Martin
- Fantasy
We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang. There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La. They can keep their heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to Middle Earth.
Douglas Adams
- The Universe
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states that this has already happened.