Space Opera Quotes

“A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“Let a sleeping dragon lie.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“When you call a ghetto a cordon, does it become a village?”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“Sunny, a silver boy of nine, daydreams of rescuing two princesses: “The princesses’ savior was a gallant knight. No! A prince! The valiant prince was surprisingly young. And silvered.”
― Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett”
― Rowena Cherry

“Brother Cavil:

In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...

I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...

I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
― Ronald D. Moore

“As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.”
― Rowena Cherry, Forced Mate

“Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.”
― Brian W. Aldiss

“Space opera, as every reader doubtless knows, is a pejorative term often applied to a story that has an element of adventure. Over the decades, brilliant and talented new writers appear, receiving great acclaim, and each and every one of them can be expected to write at least one article stating flatly that the day of space opera is over and done, thank goodness, and that henceforth these crude tales of interplanetary nonsense will be replaced by whatever type of story that writer happens to favor — closet dramas, psychological dramas, sex dramas, etc., but by God important dramas, containing nothing but Big Thinks. Ten years late, the writer in question may or may not still be around, but the space opera can be found right where it always was, sturdily driving its dark trade in heroes.”
― Leigh Brackett, The Best of Planet Stories 1

“I saw the Earth, yes. I saw the colors so magnificent, so vivid, so real. It was hope so large and round, green and blue.”
― Hafsah Laziaf, Unbreathable

“The monsters don't live in the belly of the world like they all say. The monsters live inside of us. We make the monsters.”
― Kameron Hurley, The Stars Are Legion

“Meanwhile here I am- Earthborn woman, a mere barbaric maula, geting deeper into Imperial Space with each passing light second. I should be trembling with fear, I suppouse.
No. Let the Emperor tremble. Laylah is here!”
― Robert Silverberg

“I have spent my life battling monsters. It was only in realizing that I was the monster, and choosing to destroy her, that I could save the world.”
― Kameron Hurley, The Stars Are Legion

“They could be totally ignored by Earth without infringing on their lifestyle because of the vastness of the planet.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space

“Evil occurs because we are insufficient to challenge it. Too weak to stop it at the gates, too blind to see it bubbling within. Were we all angels in our virtue and heroes in our capacity, we might hold all chaos at bay, might stop even the unkindling of the stars. Yet we are but men.”
― Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

“The ship had made the jump into hyperspace, so there were no stars or worlds to be seen, just a vortex of light and shade they were passing through.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“It was such a change to burst out of the twilight zone suddenly into the panoply of stars and planets.
”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“Sci-Fi, Space-Travel, Space-Opera, Chance-Encounters, Adventure-Reads, Speculative-Fiction, Book-Quotes”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“Są niezliczone sposoby śmierci. Najgorszym jest przeminąć bez celu. - Serena Butler, ostatnia wiadomość dla Xaviera Harkonnena”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Na wojnie jest więcej sposobów przegrania niż wygrania. - Iblis Ginjo, Krajobraz ludzkości”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Początkiem uzdrowienia jest uruchomienie zdolności regeneracji, bez względu na to, czy mamy do czynienia z organizmem fizycznym czy też jego różnymi formami społecznymi i politycznymi. - doktor Radżid Suk, Notatki z pól bitewnych”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Umysł to szalona rzecz. - napis na ścianie Wieży Centralnej na Corrinie”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Moim największym błędem było to, że wierzyłem, iż samodzielnie podejmuję decyzje. Nawet najbardziej spostrzegawczy człowiek może nie zauważyć sznurków, za pomocą których ktoś kieruje nim jak marionetką. - Xavier Harkonnen, prywatny list do Voriana Atrydy”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Ludzkość zawsze niestrudzenie poszukiwała wiedzy, uważając ją za prawdziwy skarb. Są jednak wyjątki od tego, rzeczy, których nikt nigdy nie powinien się uczyć robić. - kogitor Kwyna, archiwa Miasta Introspekcji”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Gwiżdżę na historię. Zrobię to, co jest słuszne. - primero Xavier Harkonnen, list do Voriana Atrydy”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Zasadnicze znaczenie ma wybór odpowiedniego momentu, zwłaszcza przy opracowaniu elementu zaskoczenia. - Vorian Atryda, Wspomnienia bez wstydu”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“Noc jest dziurą w dniu wczorajszym i tunelem prowadzącym do jutra. - zensunnicka poezja ognia”
― Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

“If scientists and archaeologists investigate everything like detectives, their proof will be more than circumstantial, and their theories will take us to the stars!” —Captain Jul Naris”
― Bob Bello, Timewreck

“Işık Getiren: Kozmik Ouroboros", Harry Martinson’un Aniara geleneğini takip eden ve teorik fiziğin keskinliğini Anadolu sufileri ile antik İyon düşünürlerinin lirik derinliğiyle birleştiren özgün bir bilimkurgu şiiridir. Eser, ölmekte olan bir sistemde çelik bir silindir içinde hayatta kalmaya çalışan baş mühendis 1522’nin bir plazma jetiyle evrene gönderdiği varoluş çığlığından, Noima sistemindeki bilgi ağacını koruyan "dört soytarıya" ve M.Ö. 9600 yılında Anadolu topraklarında mağara duvarlarına kozmik haritalar çizen bir çocuğun sezgilerine kadar uzanan, binlerce yıla yayılmış çok katmanlı bir anlatı sunar. Fizik mühendisi ve teorik astrofizikçi olan yazar; kuantum mekaniği, zaman simetrisi ve termodinamik yasaları gibi karmaşık bilimsel temaları, Muhyiddin Abdal’ın tasavvufi bilgeliğiyle harmanlayarak bilimi salt bir veri toplama faaliyeti değil, bir "açıklama ve anlama sanatı"* olarak yeniden tanımlamaktadır. Maxwell ve Cramer gibi bilim insanlarına atıfların yer aldığı "Kayıp Bölüm" ile derinleşen bu uzay operası, adını aldığı "Kozmik Ouroboros" metaforu üzerinden evrenin sonunun başında, başının ise sonunda olduğu döngüsel bir hakikati özgün illüstrasyonlar eşliğinde okuyucuya aktaran entelektüel bir isyan manifestosu niteliği taşır.”
― Burak Cem Coşkun, Işık Getiren