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Quotes by Writer
"But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort."
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"I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them."
Want,
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"Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway."
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"When you attack a tyranny you must expect it to fight back."
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"Mr. Beeblebrox, sir,' said the insect in awed wonder, 'you're so weird you should be in movies.;'Yeah,' said Zaphod patting the thing on a glittering pink wing, 'and you, baby, should be in real life.' The insect paused for a moment."
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"For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed."
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"For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood."
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"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."
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"We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us."
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"Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary."
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"Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger."
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"It's a good thing that columnists don't make homosexuality their last taboo anymore. But I wish the columnists themselves would come out too."
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"Andrei, did you like the opera?""Not particularly.""Andrei, do you see what you're missing?""I don't think I do, Kira. It's all rather silly. And useless.""Can't you enjoy things that are useless, merely because they are beautiful?""No. But I enjoyed it.""The music?""No. The way you listened to it."
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"I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large."
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"Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does."
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"I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published."
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"Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive."
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"New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!"
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"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
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"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological."
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"I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood."
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"Because when I dream, I feel no fear, And when I am fearless, I am my most creative self."
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"He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men."
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"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."
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"Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense."
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"When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one."
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"Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel."
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"Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline."
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"A husband is like a fire - he goes out when unattended."
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"When you are preoccupied with a disturbing thought or feeling that is considered irrational and waste of time, you will reduce your time enjoying the pleasure of your life. The strategy to overcome your mental shortcomings is to participate in outdoor activities and socialize with others who have emphatic understanding about your feelings and thoughts."
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"Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error."
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"There is a kidney-shaped fish pool outside the picture window. I cleaned it out and put in some large goldfish I bought in a bait store. The cats are always trying to catch the fish, with no success. One time the white cat leapt for a frog across the pool. The frog dove in and the cat fell in. He is trouble-prone."
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"Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree."
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