"It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. "
— John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar)

"'Shit, I forgot. This time of the afternoon the bar's probably shut. Half the staff has gone sick again. Mono, I think. Well, let's go look anyway; we might be lucky. We can't go up to my room--it's full of bugs.'
'Which kind?'
'Both.'"
— John Brunner (The Sheep Look Up)

"to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other"
— John Brunner (The Infinitive of Go)

""Putain mais quelle fichue imagination je peux avoir ...""
— John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar)