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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
He ransacked his memory like a thief going through another man's billfold.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
It was in the nature of truly effective good-luck pieces that human beings never really owned them.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules—and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
The riot, then, was an exercise in science and theology—a seeking after clues by the living as to what life was all about.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
He held up his watch to sunlight, letting it drink in the wherewithal that was to solar watches what money was to Earth men.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
His poor soul was flooded with pleasure as he realized that one friend was all that a man needed in order to be well-supplied with friendship.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
The controls were anything but a hunch-player's delight in a Universe composed of one-trillionth part matter to one decillion parts black velvet futility.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Take Care of the People, and God Almighty Will Take Care of Himself.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
"I liked him very much," said Constant.
"The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms," said Beatrice.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
The lieutenant-colonel realized for the first time what most people never realize about themselves—that he was not only a victim of outrageous fortune, but one of outrageous fortune's cruelest agents as well.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
It is always pitiful when any human being falls into a condition hardly more respectable than that of an animal. How much more pitiful it is when the person who falls has had all the advantages!
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
"I would say, 'Is there anything I can do?'—but Skip once told me that that was the most hateful and stupid expression in the English language."
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
It may surprise you to learn that I take a certain pride, no matter how foolishly mistaken that pride may be, in making my own decisions for my own reasons.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
He was too good a soldier to go around asking questions, trying to round out his knowledge.
A soldier's knowledge wasn't supposed to be round.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
All the things you are are going to be sued and sued successfully. And, while the litigants may not be able to get blood from turnips, they can certainly ruin the turnips in the process of trying.
The Sirens of Titan (1959)