The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so sure. The last budget put forward in Canada contained not a penny for Mars. — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“There's a price for absolution on this planet, and it's called penance.” — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“Annie clouded up. For a second, he thought she was going to erupt, and flinched. She saw that...and got control of herself with an visible effort. She took three deep breaths, each longer than the last, and her features became serene. All at once it seemed totally clear to Mike that she was right and he was nuts - that… — Spider Robinson Copy Share
…when writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence…in love, never settle…value yourself first and this will help you to value others…life is… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
If you've lived a bad life, they send you to Hell. But if you've been truly wicked, they give you a tour of Heaven… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
The whole world turns upside down in ten years, but you turn upside down with it. — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“I had not until then fully realized that I was odd, that there was anything strange about growing up with a single-parent genius. I… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“Shared pain is lessened Shared joy is increased Thus do we refute entropy” — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
She danced because she needed to. She needed to say things which could be said in no other way, and she needed to take… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile. — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
The problems of today's youth were no longer a Sunday supplement, or a news broadcast, or anything so remote and intangible. They were suddenly become a dirty, shivering boy, who told us that in this world we had built for him with our sweat and our blood, he was not only tired of living, but so unscared of dying that… — Spider Robinson Copy Share
