Skip to content

Barry N. Malzberg Quotes

1939–2024 United States

Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was an American science fiction author.

United States
Columnists
Critics
Editors
Humorists

Also known as: Barry Malzberg

Random Barry N. Malzberg quote

6 quotes

There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.

Beyond Apollo (1972)

Great recrimination demands a large subject, will invent one if it does not exist.

Tripping with the Alchemist (2003)

Life is a kind of flower, its blooms dying but exquisite.

Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.

Corridors (1982)

…as indifferent to the meaning and central absurdity of the situation as swallows in a cathedral.

Tripping with the Alchemist (2003)

“Events,” I say to the Captain, “events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any motivation. Everything is blind chance, happenstance, occurrence; in an infinite universe anything can happen. After the fact we find reasons.”

Beyond Apollo (1972)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barry N. Malzberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.