The Guide Is Definitive. Reality Is Frequently

The Electric Monk Was A Labour-saving Device, Like A Dishwasher Or A Video Recorder... Electric Monks Believed Things For You, Thus Saving You What Was Becoming An Increasingly Onerous Task, That Of Believing All The Things The World Expected You To Believe.

There's Always A Moment When You Start To Fall Out Of Love, Whether It's With A Person Or An Idea Or A Cause, Even If It's One You Only Narrate To Yourself Years After The Event: A Tiny Thing, A Wrong Word, A False Note, Which Means That Things Can Never Be Quite The Same Again.

For As Long As He Could Remember, He’d Suffered From A Vague Nagging Feeling Of Being Not All There.

Time Doesn't Necessarily Happen In Chronological Order.

He Inched His Way Up The Corridor As If He Would Rather Be Yarding His Way Down It, Which Was True.