An Arthur C. Clarke story adapted for television: "It was intoxicating..."
"Because if they find life on other planets and/or their moons, NASA won’t be able to rule out the possibility of having simply ‘found’ what they took there themselves from Earth — even if on a previous occasion."
"It's like a train that never arrives ... you have this sound thumping away all day and there is nothing you can do to try and turn it off." — People who live near a wind farm
"When someone gets rewarded rather than punished for breaking the law, that's amnesty, no matter how it's finessed by nuanced language."
"... the miracle of Fátima and my Cuban experiences inspired 'The Tragedy of Fidel Castro'."
"After the second ring, God answered the phone and heard a woman's anxious voice. 'Master, it’s me. The war's about to begin'."
"She had a marvellous talent for weaving elegant mysteries around middle-class characters in a traditional English setting."
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