“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost.”
“The more powerful they are, the more they have to lose to their fears.”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“Everyone’s gotten far too comfortable if you ask me,” she says loudly. “Expecting everything to stay the same when you don’t even fight for it. You’d all be lost with Kelly’s and you know it. I thought I knew the people in this village, I thought I was proud to call them my neighbors. But all I’m seeing is a bunch of people giving up.”
― The Matchmaker
― The Matchmaker
“What you seek, you shall never find. For when the Gods made man, They kept immortality for themselves. Fill your belly. Day and night make merry, Let Days be full of joy. Love the child that holds your hand. Let your wife delight in your embrace. For these alone are the concerns of man. —The Epic of Gilgamesh”
― A Dirty Job
― A Dirty Job
“Today’s hard news stories were yesterday’s dystopian SF. Rereading”
― Synners
― Synners
“You are a pastel-colored Persian carpet, and loneliness is a Bordeaux wine stain that won’t come out”
― Men Without Women: Stories
― Men Without Women: Stories
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