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Quotes from The Ophiuchi Hotline — John Varley

1947–2025 United States

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I found that it is much more pleasurable to read adventures than to live them.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

If only she could convince them, perhaps she could convince herself.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

It was not pleasant to admit what one is willing to do to go on living.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

You've got to watch yourself when you get as old as I am. You have to try new things, sometimes for no better reason than that they’re new. Otherwise you rust.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

This was a killer. Quite possibly a soldier, though Lilo was not expert in mental diseases.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

But now she was fifty-seven, and suddenly ancient. Soon she would be dead. Dead. You can’t get any more ancient than that.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

We’ve become a race of engineers. What we never seem to understand is that after it’s time to railroad, there’s time to build a beautiful railroad. The state of the art has advanced enough; we can afford to pay a small penalty in efficiency.

The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977)

Attribution

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