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He thought, looking at the cat, if only you were the intelligent species on this world. And then, smiling wryly, maybe you are.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
“But, damn it, you’re not gods.”
“No, but have your gods ever saved you before?”
“I don’t know. No, of course not.”
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
It always horrified Bryce to see professors fawn on businessmen—the very men they ridiculed in their private conversations—whenever a research contract might be in the offing.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
He had never seen anything funny about monkeys.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
“I want you to save the world, Mr. Newton.”
Newton’s smile did not change, and his reply was immediate. “Is it worth saving, Nathan?”
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
He was, if not happy, too busy to be unhappy.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
Are you from Venus? Jupiter? Philadelphia?
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
Bryce thought for a minute. Then he laughed at his situation: using a Martian, in a bar, for a confessor. But perhaps it was appropriate.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
The large picture of the heron on the far wall began to fade. When it was gone it was replaced by the head of a handsome man with the falsely serious stare in his eyes that is cultivated by politicians, faith healers, and evangelists.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
He carried his bag and was accompanied by a nurse with a deliberately impassive face—the sort of face that seemed to say, “I don’t care what you die of, I intend to be efficient about my part of it.”
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
“We won’t necessarily become extinct. Disarmament is being negotiated. Not all of us are insane.”
“But most of you are. Enough of you are—it only requires a few insane ones, in the right places.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
Weren’t there naive arts and sophisticated arts? And corrupt arts as well? And might that not be true of the sciences too? Could chemistry be more corrupt than botany? But that wasn’t so. It was the uses, the ends…
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)