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Quotes from Brain Wave — Poul Anderson

1926–2001 United States

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A little careful pushing, and they’ll bury the hatchet all right—in each other.

Brain Wave (1954)

Too far a retreat from reality is insanity.

Brain Wave (1954)

Keep on thinking. Keep your thinking close to the ground, where it belongs. Don’t ever trade your liberty for another man’s offer to do your thinking and make your mistakes for you.

Brain Wave (1954)

And ninety-nine percent of the human race, no matter how smart they are, will do the convenient thing instead of the wise thing, and kid themselves into thinking they can somehow escape the consequences. We’re just built that way.

Brain Wave (1954)

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