David Gerrold Quotes

born 1944 United States

Jerrold David Friedman (born 24 January 1944, in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author.

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love is a sharing of a mutual delusion.

When HARLIE Was One (1972)

maybe that’s all love really is—friendship plus sex—and we get confused thinking that it should be more, and because we want it to be more, we start believing that it really is more.

When HARLIE Was One (1972)

i do not question your sincerity—if anything, i object to your questioning the sincerity of other religions.
i am not questioning their sincerity. i am questioning their validity.

When HARLIE Was One (1972)

Hypocrisy piled upon hypocrisy. Not only did I try to influence the course of their actions—but I dared to do it in the name of God—I tried to save their souls! I tried to save them from themselves!
Is that so horrible?
Ah, yes. It is the worst of all possible crimes.

With a Finger in My I (1972)

“You could call it that,” Auberson sighed. It wouldn’t be correct, but you could call it that.

When HARLIE Was One (1972)

I wish I could change it all. I wish I could.
But I can’t.
Dammit.
Now I know what it’s like to have an indelible past—one that can’t be erased and changed at will. It’s frustrating. It’s maddening. And it makes me wish I had been more careful and thoughtful.

The Man Who Folded Himself (1973)

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