David Lutkins

“If the evidence says you’re wrong, you don’t have the right theory. You change the theory, not the evidence.”
― John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar

“Someone who's prejudiced is an idealist, and one without prejudice has no ideals”
― Graham Greene, The Human Factor

“He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not deserve it either, because he was letting it waste. It was getting away from him and he made no effort to stop it. He did not know how.”
― Leonard Gardner, Fat City

“I note that I've lived longer in the past now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn't mind forgetting more of it.”
― Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden