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Charles Sheffield on Experience

1935–2002 England

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“How did you do that?”
The Hymenopt inclined her head. “With respect, Professor Lang, great intellectual power, even at the level you possess it, is not always a substitute for humble practical experience.”

Convergence (1997)

If you wanted to get yourself killed, there was no better way than to think you knew all the tricks. It took experience to make you realize that the universe could always pull another one out of the bag and throw it at you.

Resurgence (2002)

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