"We were meant to get off at Pandemonium. The train was not supposed to stop here. This town is not supposed to be here." - Ian McDonald, Desolation Road
"O Oysters," said the Carpenter, "You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none-- And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one.
"The universe is 40 billion light years across and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. That is the position of the universe with regard to human life."