Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.
Robert Silverberg Quotes
born 1935 United States
Robert Silverberg (born 15 January 1935) is a prolific author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
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The Emperor and the Maula (2007)
All true enlightenment is illegal at first, within its context.
A Time of Changes (1971)
The thing about aliens is that they tend to be so alien.
You may not hold me guilty of sins committed in dreams.
A Time of Changes (1971)
We are born by accident into a purely random universe.
The Stochastic Man (1975)
A Time of Changes (1971)
“The fascination of what’s difficult,” said Chalk. “It spins the world on its bearings.”
Thorns (1967)
The higher powers reward us most tenderly by their absence from our lives.
Thorns (1967)
Trips (1974)
The World Inside (1971)
Hawksbill Station (1967)
It’s not a philosophy, Mr. Nichols. It’s an accommodation to the nature of reality.
The Stochastic Man (1975)
Like all bureaucrats, he was bewildered by an unpredictable development.
The Gate of Worlds (1967)
My only regrets were for poor tactics, not for faulty principles.
A Time of Changes (1971)
Why conjure up galactic spaceships when meteors were so common?
Those Who Watch (1967)
The Book of Skulls (1972)
Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Silverberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.