"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
- Arthur Dent

There was no doubt in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and forever, no one would save him from it. Peter might be scum, but Peter had been right, always right; the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.
- Ender's Game

"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."
- Bean

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
- Sun Tzu