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We often resort to something called Hilbert space, which is described as n-dimensional—it’s like modern sex, any number may be played with.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
We cannot count upon the secret being kept. It’s a fact of nature, and as somebody or other remarked long ago, Nature is a blabbermouth; ask the right question, and you’ll always get the answer.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
No exercise of will can make any of us other than what we are, or more than marginally better than who we are.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
The technicians thought I was crazy. Now, five months later, I’ve proved it.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
He was getting to be a little old for combat or for princesses, but what was worse, he had become a lot more cynical without having become even slightly the wiser.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
I’ve already given you the whole explanation of how that came about. It happened because it was going to happen. All other explanations for anything are superfluous. All other explanations for anything.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)
Actually, there are never motives behind actions. All actions are fixed. What we call motives evidently are rationalizations by the helpless observing consciousness, which is intelligent enough to smell an event coming—and, since it cannot avert the event, instead cooks up reasons for wanting it to happen...or ascribes it to the malice of God or man.
The Quincunx of Time (1973)