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Quotes from Thorns — Robert Silverberg

born 1935 United States

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She shuttled between impish girlhood and neurotic womanhood.

Thorns (1967)

“The fascination of what’s difficult,” said Chalk. “It spins the world on its bearings.”

Thorns (1967)

But, though he trusted his intuitive judgments, he rarely acted on them until he had had time to make a more rational reconnaissance.

Thorns (1967)

“Do I chatter?”
“Should I be honest or should I be tactful?”

Thorns (1967)

She was strikingly ignorant, but he had known that from the start. What he had not known was how quickly her ignorance would cease to seem charming and would begin to seem contemptible.

Thorns (1967)

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