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Quotes from The Gate of Worlds — Robert Silverberg

born 1935 United States

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5 quotes

Take this as a bit of easy wisdom: people who try to rule over other people are going to be hated.

The Gate of Worlds (1967)

Only a man who doubts his own bravery bristles when called a coward.

The Gate of Worlds (1967)

A man who lies to himself is the worst liar of all.

The Gate of Worlds (1967)

Like all bureaucrats, he was bewildered by an unpredictable development.

The Gate of Worlds (1967)

I felt an unmanly pity for the beasts we slew, for I fear I don’t really have the killer instinct. I don’t have the starving instinct either, though, and so I fired away.

The Gate of Worlds (1967)

Attribution

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