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It isn't my profundity that makes me a mental marvel, it's the amazing detail of my perception. There's nobody else who can keep so many things on his mind at once.
Space Chantey (1968)
We will quickly measure you one way or another. We have no living ex-members.
Space Chantey (1968)
Roadstrum had always believed that he had troubles enough of his own. He seldom borrowed trouble, and never on usurious terms.
Space Chantey (1968)
"A newspaper man has got to know when to keep his mouth and his mind shut. You might end up dead."
"Isn't that the usual fate of men, Harry?"
Fourth Mansions (1969)
"Tell me the truth, girl: how does the man next door ship out trailer-loads of material from a building ten times too small to hold the stuff?" "He cuts prices."
In Our Block (1965)
These men were the salt of the skies, the one out of ten who had determinedly stayed alive through the whole war, very often hurt, absolutely refusing to be killed.
Space Chantey (1968)
I'll break the spell or the science of her singing yet. As the only man left it devolves on me to do it.
Space Chantey (1968)
Then bury me again and leave me in peace. Nobody likes to be resurrected before he's had time to get comfortable in his grave.
One at a Time (1968)
My own unconscious is more Jungian than Freudian.
Make no mistake, this only seems
the end of it.
An excess of science will leave none of us alive.
Space Chantey (1968)
This myth filter was necessary … The deeds were too bright to be viewed direct.
"Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names," the Black Pope was saying, and now his head was quite powdered with snow. "It used to be only the English who excelled in the deception of words. Then the French went even beyond them, and now the whole world is adept at it."
The Flame is Green (1971)
It did not prove a point, since all points had long ago been proven. What it did, perhaps, was to emphasize an aspect, sharpen a concept, underline a trend.
Space Chantey (1968)
It was the most exclusive club in the world, in all the worlds, and this is a mighty pale statement to make about it. Let us emphasize that it was hard to get into.
Space Chantey (1968)
I don't think I should be getting more attention from mainstream book reviewers. I've never written any mainstream books, and I'm always surprised when the mainstreamers notice me at all.
Beware of those who manufacture final answers as they go along, of those who will catch you on their catch-phrases and let you perish in the traps. All the final answers were given in the beginning.
The Flame is Green (1971)
The eye in his hand winked at him dourly. Eye was a tough old gump, not given to easy enthusiasms. Roadstrum put it back in his pocket and once more contemplated his good fortune.
Space Chantey (1968)
When he had been a man he had always known when it was time for action; particularly he had always known the last moment when action was still possible. He knew now that that moment was come very near.
Space Chantey (1968)
Oh, come along, reader of the High Journal; if you do not love words, how will you love the communication? How will you forgive me my tropes, communicate the love?
Arrive at Easterwine (1971)