129 quotes
Topologically, men and women are identical. Some things are just larger and more developed in one than the other and positioned differently.
Triton (1976)
Perhaps coming from the royal family, I had easier emotional access to a sense of Toromon’s history. Even at its best, that’s all an aristocracy is good for.
Out of the Dead City (1963)
Maybe that’s the most important thing there is, Lump. If there is an answer to that question, Lump, that’s what it is, to know you’re yourself and nobody else.
Empire Star (1966)
Whoever heard of La-ing or Lo-ing somebody you’re herding goats with, or laughing with, or making love with.
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next.
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
For better or for worse, she found herself putting aside fear in favor of curiosity.
Neveryóna (1983)
I don't think I am revealing any profound secret by noting that sales has always been a rather distant emblem for quality.
Reading Between the Words (1971)
But whatever you say of them, finally I had to dismiss such notions as the ratiocinations desire can entangle about the most sensible of us.
Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)
All right. I’m not opposed to reality imitating art if it doesn’t get in the way.
Lines of Power (1968)
There are three types of actions: purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous. Characters, to be immediate and apprehensible, must be presented by all three.
Nova (1968)
If you're going to do something stupid—and we all do—it might as well be a brave and foolish thing.
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
Breathing is a fascinating thing to watch in a woman.
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
Pryn felt the reckless freedom of assertion.
Neveryóna (1983)
Slaves are men and women who labor for no pay. Over there are men who do no labor for no pay. The similarity is enough so that they might make the mistake themselves.
Neveryóna (1983)
Like contemporary poetry, philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study — which is why most of what gets done is so impoverished.
The Mad Man (1994)
“It’s a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in—” he grunted, twisting something—“the middle of a ring of meaningless numbers. That’s why it’s powerful. That’s why it’s magic.”
Neveryóna (1983)
I’m a public man, my princess. That means my only meaning is the web of signs I publicly inhabit.
Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)
Political commitment isn’t a perimeter, Sam; it’s a parameter. Don’t you ever wonder? Don’t you ever doubt?
Triton (1976)
“So,” said Raven, “once again tonight we are presented with a mysterious sign and no way to know whether it completes a pattern or destroys one.”
Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979)
It means you don’t like where you’ve been, the place where you are is grim, and the only place you see yourself going is not an improvement on what’s gone before.
Out of the Dead City (1963)