E.C. Tubb > Quotes

“from the butt of the Colt at his waist.”
― E.C. Tubb, Cauldron of Violence

“The trouble with you starry-eyed patriots is that you never take the trouble to think for yourselves. Something unpleasant happens and immediately you scream for a scapegoat.”
― E.C. Tubb, Project One

“...Dumarest looked at his companion.

'You see?'

'See what? I--'

'The reality of that garbage you were spouting. The rubbish about people sharing a common misfortune and making the best of it. You live in a jungle and you'd better realize it. You can't stop violence. All life is a continual act of violence. In order to survive you have to fight every step of the way and keep on fighting. Against disease, starvation, thirst, heat, cold, nakedness. Against the parasites wanting to feed off you. Lice and insects and ordinary predators. And against scum like Gengiz.”
― E.C. Tubb, Angado

“Dumarest said quietly, “From terror, they fled to find new places on which to expiate their sins. Only when cleansed will the race of Man be again united.”

The creed of the Original People...”
― E.C. Tubb, The Quillian Sector

“More than one captain had been driven insane by contemplation of the cosmos, fantasies born in distorted minds, the product of wild radiations and wilder rumors. Things lived in space, or so it was hinted, great beings with gossamer wings which caught the light of suns and carried them like drifting smears of moonlight across the voids. And other creatures which no one living had ever seen. Ravenous beasts which lurked in space as great fish lurked in seas, waiting to rend ships and men.”
― E.C. Tubb, Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun: The Dumarest Saga Book 15

“as Altini”
― E.C. Tubb, The Temple of Truth: The Dumarest Saga Book 31

“Dumarest tightened his belt and stamped his feet in their boots. They were good boots. A wise traveller looked after his feet.”
― E.C. Tubb, The Winds of Gath

“You have been taught the basic laws of survival. The first is self preservation. The second is to be aware at all times. The third is always expect the unexpected. The fourth is never to underestimate anyone. The fifth is to respect all that exists in life.'

'To simplify; always avoid trouble, always be alert, take nothing for granted, never trust another, always anticipate the worst.”
― E.C. Tubb, Child of Earth