Robert Sheckley: Citáty anglicky
“Contracts,” Martin said viciously, “are a lot more enforceable than love.”
Zdroj: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 16 (pp. 136-137)
“Most men lead lives of quiet aspiration.”
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
““The acceptance of indeterminacy is the beginning of wisdom,” the hermit quoted.”
Zdroj: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 14 (p. 70)
Zdroj: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 29 (p. 123)
Zdroj: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 15 (p. 130)
Zdroj: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 5 (p. 45)
“I shall continue to live it,” Carmody said. “That is what moments are for.”
Zdroj: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 28 (pp. 189-190; closing words)
Zdroj: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 3 (pp. 25-26)
Zdroj: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 28 (p. 187)
“Remember, similitude need not imply exactitude.”
Zdroj: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 24 (p. 159)
Zdroj: Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Chapter 8 “How Joenes Taught, and What He Learned” (p. 69)
Zdroj: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 5 (p. 26)
“They were shunned, and they had reacted to exclusion by exclusiveness.”
Zdroj: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 12 (p. 56)
“I know you’re sane and you know you’re sane. But what if we’re both wrong?”
Death of the Dreammaster (published in Martin H. Greenberg (ed.) The Further Adventures of Batman (1989), p. 24
Short fiction
“All men are mortal, he tells us, but some are more mortal than others.”
Zdroj: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 32 (p. 153)
Zdroj: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 3 (p. 19)
“A little prescience goes a long way, especially in a galaxy as disorganized as this one.”
Zdroj: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 4 (p. 34)
Zdroj: Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Chapter 6 “Joenes and the Three #505justice Truck Drivers” (pp. 44-45)
“Last week we revoked his Godhead; we caught him operating a life without a license.”
Zdroj: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 32 (p. 153)