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Quotes from The Time Axis — Henry Kuttner

1915–1958 United States

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

The Time Axis (1949)

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 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)

The Face was painful to see. It was too intricate, too involved with emotions complex beyond our grasp.

The Time Axis (1949)

I'm going forward. I know — because I went.

The Time Axis (1949)

He seemed to feel something like indulgent contempt for the rest of the world. It was all right, I suppose. Nobody had better reason. The man was a genius.

The Time Axis (1949)

Imponderable forces shifted when that cleavage took place. You and I know nothing about it, for it happened far beyond the perceptions of any sentient creature. But it happened. Oh yes, it happened.

The Time Axis (1949)

It took the Face of Ea — which I shall never be able to describe fully.
I saw it, though. I saw it...

The Time Axis (1949)

The race moves on. It has its human limitations. The tools we make have no limitations at all. When we educate ourselves to learn to handle those tools most efficiently we can go on to the next step, whatever it may be. Meanwhile there must be check and balance—rigid control.

The Time Axis (1949)

I'm going forward. I know — because I went. It was a wonderful world they had. I want to see more of it. I want to wake up in a time when the race of man is spreading through the galaxy, leaping across the gulfs between the stars, opening the gates to all the worlds. I want to and I will.

The Time Axis (1949)

Attribution

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