The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964
Robert SilverbergQuotes
Everything had to be good. Had to be fine just as it was, even if it wasn’t. Always. Because any change might be worse. So terribly much worse.
When a population is dependent on a machine, they are hostages of the men who tend the machines.
If God’s word and God’s love will not convert them, what can saints and miracles do?
The child is an egotistic little animal, who cannot visualize himself in the position of another—certainly not an adult. A self-contained, almost perfect natural unit, his wants supplied by others, the child is much like a unicellular creature floating in the blood stream, nutriment carried to him, waste products carried away—
No! Never interpret roses! Don’t. Smell them, pick them, enjoy them. Live in the moment. Hold to it tightly. But charge not the gods to explain.