Outside the curtained windows, Paris stewed in its miasma of self-congratulation and diesel fumes.
Robert Sheckley Quotes
1928–2005 United States
Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American science fiction author.
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- Short story writers
106 quotes
The Game of X (1965)
Man is the only animal whose fear of embarrassment can overcome his instinct for self-preservation.
The Game of X (1965)
Still, no matter how commonplace, one’s death is the most interesting event of one’s life.
Immortality, Inc (1959)
Victim Prime (1987)
Love is always a risk; but hate is a deadly peril.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
Options (1975)
Even rulers, notoriously the slowest of men to change, realized that something had to be done.
The 10th Victim (1965)
Dimension of Miracles (1968)
“The acceptance of indeterminacy is the beginning of wisdom,” the hermit quoted.
Mindswap (1966)
In a way it made no difference, since nothing is permanent except our illusions.
Mindswap (1966)
All men are mortal, he tells us, but some are more mortal than others.
Mindswap (1966)
Love is a wonderful game which begins in fun and ends in marriage.
The 10th Victim (1965)
Mindswap (1966)
Nature abhors a vacuum, and I don’t like it much either.
Mindswap (1966)
Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic.
Shards of Space (1962)
People who live in glass psyches shouldn’t cast words.
Options (1975)
The 10th Victim (1965)
Hunter/Victim (1988)
Crompton Divided (1978)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Sheckley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.