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Quotes from When Gravity Fails — George Alec Effinger

1947–2002 United States

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12 quotes

The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

I told you it was dirty. When you wander into the highest level of international affairs, it’s almost always dirty.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

Sometimes the only vitamins I get are in the lime slices in my gimlets.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

I was no more eccentric than your average raving loon.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

In many ways, Islam is a beautiful and elegant faith; but it is the nature of religions to put a higher premium on your proper attention to ritual than on your convenience.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

With a stiff forefinger I silenced the koto music. Peace flooded in; the world thanked me.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

It didn’t feel, at that moment, like I was getting into something over my head. It never does, before you take the leap.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

You bought the girls drinks and you stared at their perfect bodies and you pretended that they liked you. And they pretended that they liked you, too. When you stopped spending money, they got up and pretended that they liked someone else.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

The butler recognized me, even favoring me with a minute change in his expression. Evidently I had become a celebrity. Politicians and sex stars may cuddle up to you and it doesn’t prove a thing, but when the butlers of the world notice you, you realize that some of what you believe about yourself is true.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

I looked good, faster than light with a little money in my pocket. You know what I mean. I was the same as always: the clothes looked first-rate. That was fine, because most people only look at the clothes, anyway.

When Gravity Fails (1986)

“The universe doesn’t have secrets,” I said cynically, “only lies and swindles.”

When Gravity Fails (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Alec Effinger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.