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“...science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could.”
― The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
― The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
“Man is the sum total of everything he has done, wishes to do or not to do, and wishes he had done, or hadn't.”
― The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
― The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
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