“Mankind may be on the threshold of building another new world or, at least, of extending Earth's limits into space and beyond.”

“There was not a rift in the precision of the dark circle about us where one could crawl out between the sky and the sea.”

“We drive past in a jeep and observe some lions sleeping out in the open whilst others frolic around the wilderness.”

“He had no quarrel with the inequalities of earning power, as in a pop star or footballer earning millions while the receptionist downstairs earned peanuts, as long as it was earned.”