"I've heard assorted rhapsodies about humankind going to the stars, of course. Who hasn't? Each of them founders on the practical problems."
More quotes by Poul Anderson
For the ordinary man, instability—change—means dislocation, war, uncertainty, misery, and death.
Man’s duty in this life, he thought, is to choose the lesser evil.
“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”
Men, whose span is cruelly short, rush nonetheless to death in their youth as to a maiden’s arms.
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