A doctor, a logician and a marine biologist had also just arrived, flown in at phenomenal expense from Maximegalon to try to reason with the lead singer who had locked himself in the bathroom with a bottle of pills and was refusing to come out till it could be proved conclusively to him that he wasn't a fish.
Douglas Adams: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
We willen graag toeristen die komen voor de rijkdom en schoonheid van culturele instellingen. Niet de toeristen die alleen komen om hier dronken en stoned rond te lopen.
Among the classical stimulants, tea, coffee and maté are, thank goodness, almost completely harmless.
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited
But the nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited
“Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thing — is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?”
Juanita shrugs. “What's the difference?”
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash
