Henry Kuttner Quotes

1915–1958 United States

Henry Kuttner (7 April 1915 – 4 February 1958) was an American science fiction author. He worked on many stories in close collaboration with his wife, C.

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Also known as: Hank Kuttner, Kuttner, Henry

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When I die, I want to die in a Utopia that I have helped to build.

Stephen Court in The Creature from Beyond Infinity (1940)

I never understood the ultimate answer. That was beyond me.

The Time Axis (1949)

Love is a false synonym for propagation, as the soul is a wish fulfillment creation growing out of self-preservation.

No Boundaries (1955)

A casual eye might have seen nothing extraordinary in Wade as he moved lithely across the meadow toward the Thunderbug.

People seem to like new things—if they weren’t too new, if they didn’t seem to point the way to Change.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

Man has the hardest job of all, the job of making decisions on incomplete data.

No Boundaries (1955)

If a scientifically trained observer sees a gun go off for the first time, he should be able—theoretically, anyway—to work out a formula for gunpowder.

The Fairy Chessmen (1946)

A closer inspection would have shown more significant details.

In the face of real danger Elak forgot the gods and drew his rapier. Prayers, he had found, would not halt a dagger's blow or a strangler's hands.

The Spawn Of Dagon (1938)

A nation. The ultimate in human destiny — and a call for help. And much more that we'll never understand.

The Time Axis (1949)

The man had a bad temper, and if people kicked him around, he asked for it by starting the kicking himself.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

We grew up in a commercial world and how can we tell what’s real, now?

Ahead of Time (1953)

The social problems were far tougher than technological ones, because the human basics remained unaltered, and people don’t change as fast as things.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

They dare'd not invade the palace while the globe shone, for the light-rays would have killed them.

The Spawn Of Dagon (1938)

People don’t change, they just grow older. But fads and gadgets and trivia alter fast, even to the point of becoming unrecognizable.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

The whole thing never happened and I can prove it — now. But Ira De Kalb made me wait a billion years to write the story.

The Time Axis (1949)

And adults will recognize a mirage; a child will be deceived. But conversely, an intellectual mirage will deceive an adult, not a child.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

She was suffering the first pains of maturity’s burden, the knowledge of responsibility misused.

Bypass to Otherness (1961)

The wars ended when there were no longer two societies left to fight against each other.

No Boundaries (1955)

They are masters of the earthquake, and Atlantis rests on none too solid a foundation. Their power is sufficient to sink Atlantis forever beneath the sea.

The Spawn Of Dagon (1938)

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