Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson

I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans, according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.

London remains a vast and exhilarating mystery to me.

I do like the Underground. There’s something surreal about plunging into the bowels of the earth to catch a train.

Being born was easily the most remarkable achievement of your whole life.

For the tiniest moment in the span of eternity you have the miraculous privilege to exist.