The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.

HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. (Death)

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand book seller, he used every means short of actual physical violence to prevent customers from making a purchase. Unpleasant damp smells, glowering looks, erratic opening hours - he was incredibly good at it.