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title: "2 Avalanches Quotes By David Gerrold"
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> [You will find it easiest to ride the avalanche in the direction it already travels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/you-will-find-it-easiest-to-ride-the-avalanche-in-the-direction-it/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/david-gerrold-9333_avalanches_you-will-find-it-easiest-to-ride-the-ava_2075693.jpg)

> [The avalanche of time sweeps everything before it. Every individual instant hurtles into oblivion, drowning out the obliteration of the instant immediately preceding it, and then it too disappears under the onslaught of the next and the next and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/the-avalanche-of-time-sweeps-everything-before-it-every-individual/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/david-gerrold-9333_avalanches_the-avalanche-of-time-sweeps-everything_2831359.jpg)

## Other authors on Avalanches

## More by David Gerrold

> [Star Trek' is the McDonald's of science fiction; it's fast food storytelling. Every problem is like every other problem. They all get solved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/star-trek-is-the-mcdonald-s-of-science-fiction-it-s-fast-food/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/the-human-race-never-solves-any-of-its-problems-it-only-outlives-them/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I've written some other books that I really would like people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/what-i-wish-is-that-people-would-look-beyond-the-tribbles-and-see-i/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [When television began, it modeled itself after radio. Many early television programs were radio programs first. 'My Favorite Wife,' 'The Jack Benny Show,' 'Burns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/when-television-began-it-modeled-itself-after-radio-many-early/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/morality-like-velocity-is-relative-the-determination-of-it-depends-on/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Just as movies, radio, and television evolved into new forms over time, the ebook will also become something more than just a way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/just-as-movies-radio-and-television-evolved-into-new-forms-over-time/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Doesn't anybody ever want to talk about anything else besides 'Star Trek?' There were 79 episodes of the series; there were 55 different writers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/doesn-t-anybody-ever-want-to-talk-about-anything-else-besides-star/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [I had always been fascinated by the whole idea that Australia was this different ecology and that when rabbits and prickly pears and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/i-had-always-been-fascinated-by-the-whole-idea-that-australia-was/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Don’t worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/the-single-most-important-lesson-of-effective-communication-is-this/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/a-work-of-art-is-an-act-of-love-critics-are-crab-lice/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/if-a-thing-is-worth-doing-it-s-worth-doing-for-money/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Theres two tiers of science fiction: the McDonalds sci-fi like Star Trek, where they have an adventure and solve it before the last commercial,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/theres-two-tiers-of-science-fiction-the-mcdonalds-sci-fi-like-star/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [I won't even try to predict the specifics, but I think the ebook - as a medium - could be a game-changer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/i-won-t-even-try-to-predict-the-specifics-but-i-think-the-ebook-as-a/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Incompetency fed on itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/incompetency-fed-on-itself/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

> [Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gerrold/life-is-hard-then-you-die-then-they-throw-dirt-in-your-face-then-the/)

[David Gerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gerrold/)

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