"Anyone who watches even the slightest amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office."
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."
"My brother is eight years older than I am. I was a big surprise."
"It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them so far, and rain hadn’t been invented yet."
"Algernon: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?
Lane: I didn’t think it was polite to listen, sir."
"You, Neil Patrick Harris, are born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973, at what you’re pretty sure is St. Joseph’s Hospital, although it’s hard to be certain as the whole experience leaves you a little blurry."
"Many of the frustrations experienced by today’s singles seem like problems unique to our time and technological setting: not hearing back on a text."
"Naturally, you’re curious about this meat locker you find yourself locked inside."