We realize that this means the destruction of solar systems, but consider the alternative.
Quotes from A Fire Upon the Deep — Vernor Vinge
1944–2024 United States
21 quotes
Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all—no one’s around to write horror stories.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
I say, let’s learn more and then speculate.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
“I have come to kill you.”
The death’s heads shrugged. “You have come to try.”
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind—but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
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The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
"Poor humans; they will all die."
"Poor us; we will not."
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing.
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
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