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Quotes from A Gift From Earth — Larry Niven

born 1938 United States

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With all its horrors and all its failures, life was bearable where there were hot showers.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Parlette, if you have something to say, say it. If we jump to the wrong conclusions, please assume that you’re expressing yourself badly, and don’t try to shift the blame.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Geoffrey Eustace Parlette had evidently imitated ancient bad taste in hopes of getting something new and different.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Our society depends entirely on its technology. Change the technology, and you change the society. Most especially you change the ethics.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Parlette spoke slowly and evenly. "I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world."

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Jesus Pietro wasn't used to dealing with ghosts.
It would require brand new techniques.
Grimly he set out to evolve them.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That's what we have to count on.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Yes, the bleeding heart was something else again. A gruesome symbol on a vivarium floor. Fingers that broke without their owner noticing. An ink drawing appearing from nowhere on a dossier cover, like a signature. A signature.

A Gift From Earth (1968)

Attribution

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