Quotes from Alfred Bester

The law makes the silliest damned fuss about death. People die by the thousands everyday; but simply because someone has had the energy and enterprise to assist old D'Courtney to his demise, the law insists on turning him into an enemy of the people. I think it's idiotic, but please don't quote me.

How is it brought to critical mass. Presteign? How is the energy released?' 'As the original energy was generated, in the beginning of time,' Presteign droned. 'Through Will and Idea.

You are the first to arrive alive in fifty years. You are a puissant man. Arrival of the fittest is the doctrine of the Holy Darwin. Most scientific.

Every child in the world imagines that its phantasy world is unique to itself. Psychiatry knows that the joys and terrors of private phantasies are a common heritage shared by all mankind. Fears, guilts, terrors, and shames could be interchanged, from one man to the next, and none would notice the difference.

You can't go back and you can't catch up. Happy endings are always bittersweet.

The flamboyant diva in eye-catching costume was Queenie in drag. We have never been able to persuade him to undergo a transsex transformation. He says he prefers remaining a faggot.

We were mugged by some senior citizens on the way from the chopper to the main gate, but no great harm done; they were using vintage revolvers.

The Spanish Stairs were destroyed in the fission wars of the late twentieth century. They were rebuilt and destroyed again in the war of the World Restoration in the twenty-first century.

Don't you realize that you can't trust people? They don't know enough for their own good.' 'Then let them learn or die. We're all in this together. Let's live together or die together.

Listen a me, all you! Listen, man! Gonna sermonize, me. Dig this, you!' He was answered with a roar. 'You pigs, you. You rot like pigs, is all. You got the most in you and you use the least. You hear me, You? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All of you. Every you....

EÈ™ti dement omule. Ai dat o arm? înc?rcat? unor copii. - ÎncetaÈ›i s?-i mai trataÈ›i ca pe niÈ™te copii È™i vor înceta s? se mai comporte ca niÈ™te copii. Cine dracu' sunteÈ›i voi s-o faceÈ›i pe supraveghetorii?... ExplicaÈ›i-le cum funcÈ›ioneaz? arma înc?rcat?... L?saÈ›i-i s? creasc?. Este momentul.

I believe,' he thought. 'I have faith.' He jaunted again and failed again. 'Faith in what?' he asked himself, adrift in limbo. 'Faith in faith,' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

Bir suçlu asla bir ad?m öndeyken teslim olmaz. Senin bir ad?m önde olduÄŸun aÅŸikar. Sebebi ne? Ä°nsan?n ba??na gelen en lanet ÅŸey. Vicdan ad? verilen nadir bulunan bir hastal??? yakaland?m.

Faith in faith," he answered himself. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

Caminando sobre nuestras cuerdas flojas, llevamos nuestros miedos y fijaciones como armas desnudas, y los usamos tan rápida y mortalmente como Billy the kid usaba su revólver»

No es necesario tener nada en qué creer. Basta con creer que en algún sitio hay algo digno de creer en ello.

Pelearé. -¿Contra quién? -No lo sé... pero pelearé. Caeré peleando, y no pienso caer»

No, no. No lo entiendes. Nadie quiere ser ganado. Queremos ser deseados, necesitados»

No pasa nada querido –susurro Gabby – No tengas miedo. Estas acostumbrado a arrebatar las cosas, eso es todo. Nadie te dio nunca nada»

Te encanta, ¿no es cierto? Amenazas... Pandillas... Maleantes... La vida de la cloaca. —Es la gente, Jake. Es la vida. Es mi negocio»

Hay otra cosa que aprendes cuando recorres el mundo. Existe una distinción de clases en todas las cosas. La gente ama a los de su propia clase y odia a los de su propia clase. Los chacales odian a los chacales, no se atreverían a odiar a un león»

La vida es carácter. Carácter es conflicto. Conflicto es vida. Ese es el círculo vicioso en que todos estamos encerrados. También tú»

If there's anything filthier than a religion-junkey, it's a disease-bird.

Presteign took out a silver-mounted slab of crystal and handed it to Olivia. She touched it with her fingertip; a black dot appeared. She moved her finger and the dot elongated into a line.