40 Quotes by Robert Rankin

It was joy, joy, happy joy. Happy, happy joy. A big fat smiley sun rose above the rooftops and beamed down its blessings onto the borough known as Brentford.

Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're actually simpler than you think them to be. Things are never as difficult and complicated as folk believe. You'd be surprised just how straightforward and obvious things really are. The secret is in knowing how to look at them the right way.

Everyone misbehaves,' said Eddie. 'That's nature. Everyone gets away with as much as they can get away with. And the more they can get away with, the more they will.

What is believed to be a fact is only a fact until another fact supersedes it. Science is only a fashion. Nothing more.

I know that if I have been working on one paragraph and I have written it three times, it goes in the bin. Unless it comes straight out, it is wrong, it is awkward, it does not fit.

Now, it’s a fact well known to those who know it well that prophets of doom only attain popularity when they get the drinks in all around.

Because I’m a special gatekeeper. I’m the head gatekeeper. Because, although, as you can see, I’m only a head, I’m also the gatekeeper. Which makes me the head gatekeeper. Which makes me very special, don’t you agree?

Everyone misbehaves,′ said Eddie. ‘That’s nature. Everyone gets away with as much as they can get away with. And the more they can get away with, the more they will.

Pooley rose to investigate but the Professor restrained him with a firm and unyielding hand. Jim marvelled at the ancient’s newly acquired strength. ‘Do not look, Jim,’ the Professor said dramatically, ’you would not care for what you saw.