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Quotes from The Stars My Destination — Alfred Bester

1913–1987 United States

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The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

We always do what’s natural, only sometimes we shouldn’t do it.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we’re always licked by something from the inside. There’s no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival.

The Stars My Destination (1956)

“Damn you!" Dagenham raged, “Don’t you realize that you can’t trust people? They don’t know enough for their own good.”
“Then let them learn or die. We’re all in this together. Let’s live or die together.”

The Stars My Destination (1956)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Bester (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.