Alfred Bester

“This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.”

“..eğer bir adamın topluma karşı gelecek yeteneği ve cesareti varsa, o, kesinlikle ortalamanın üzerinde demektir. onu durdurmak istersiniz. onu düzeltir ve daha değerli bir hale dönüştürürsünüz, kazandırırsınız. ondan kim vazgeçebilir? bunu yapmayı yeterince sürdürürseniz, geriye sadece koyunlar kalır.”

“LABİRENTİ ORTADAN KALDIR.KARMAŞIK YOLLARI YIK.BİLMECEYİ SİL.(x² o y³ uzay/d! zaman)DAĞIT(eylemler, ifadeler, etkenler, bölümler, güçler, örnekler, köktenciler, özdeşlikler, denklemler, diziler, çeşitlemeler, permütasyonlar, determinantlar ve çözümler)YOK ET.(elektron, proton, nötron, meson ve foton)SİL.(cayley, henson, lillienthal, chanute, langley, wright, turnbul ve s&erson)BOZUP ÇIKAR.(nebulalar, kümeler, akıntılar, ikililer, devler, ana diziler ve ak cüceler)YAY.(balıklar, amfibiler, kuşlar, memeliler ve insan)ORTADAN KALDIR.YIK.SİL.DAĞIT.BÜTÜN EŞİTLİKLERİ SİL.SONSUZLUK EŞİTTİR SIFIR.ARTIK YOK-”

“The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.”

“If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.”

“Gully Foyle is my nameAnd Terra is my nation.Deep space is my dwelling place,The stars my destination.”

“I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.”

“This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.”

“There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot."Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.""Why can't we all move forward together?""Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow.""Who leads?""The men who must...driven men, compelled men.""Freak men.""You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.""Thank you very much.""My pleasure, sir.""You've saved the day.""Always a lovely day somewhere, sir," the robot beamed. Then it fizzed, jangled, and collapsed.”

“Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom of the chivalrous knights and their milk-maid passion for the fairy tale princess. But I'm not like that ... inside. I'm not. I'm not. Never. Make it a savage war between us. Don't win me ... destroy me!”

“One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.”

“Eight, sir; seven, sir;Six, sir; five, sir;Four, sir; Three, sir;Two, sir; one!Tenser, said the Tensor.Tenser, said the Tensor.Tension, apprehension,And dissension have begun.”

“If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.”

“Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.”

“I'm treating you like a relative. I don't pay enough for the privilege.”

“You pigs, you. You rut 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 a you. Every you...'[...]Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”

“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.”