"Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts."

"I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage."

"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."

"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself."

"Complexity excites the mind, and order rewards it. In the garden, one finds both, including vanishingly small orders too complex to spot, and orders so vast the mind struggles to embrace them."