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> [“But I don’t believe in heroes anymore. I just believe in people coping with their lives as best they can. You do what you have to do, and in some ways you have no more choice about it than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/but-i-don-t-believe-in-heroes-anymore-i-just-believe-in-people-coping/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

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## More by John Varley

> [“He was an extraordinarily ugly person, Lilo thought, with the ugliness that only caricature can achieve. As repulsive as a twisted, stunted ghost from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/he-was-an-extraordinarily-ugly-person-lilo-thought-with-the-ugliness/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“We all love after-the-bomb stories. If we didn't, why would there be so many of them? There's something attractive about all those people being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/we-all-love-after-the-bomb-stories-if-we-didn-t-why-would-there-be-so/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“He couldn't think of a good place. At first he thought she hated all living beings equally. Lately he had come to believe he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/he-couldn-t-think-of-a-good-place-at-first-he-thought-she-hated-all/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“The public had an endless appetite for stories like that. Subconsciously, I think they think the gods of luck will favor them when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/the-public-had-an-endless-appetite-for-stories-like-that/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“There is a certain concentrated, avid-for-blood look that appears on the faces of reporters on the trail of a very big story that you'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/there-is-a-certain-concentrated-avid-for-blood-look-that-appears-on/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“But I don’t believe in heroes anymore. I just believe in people coping with their lives as best they can. You do what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/but-i-don-t-believe-in-heroes-anymore-i-just-believe-in-people-coping/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“river burial had a certain rustic poetry, but Ophion cared not at all about preserving the decency of the dead. The river deposited Psaltery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/river-burial-had-a-certain-rustic-poetry-but-ophion-cared-not-at-all/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“Gaby shouldn’t have called this place Themis. Call it Gaia.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/gaby-shouldn-t-have-called-this-place-themis-call-it-gaia/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“I wasn’t around, and I guess if I had been, I would have been part of the oppressor class and think it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/i-wasn-t-around-and-i-guess-if-i-had-been-i-would-have-been-part-of/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“Looking around me, I saw that all my colleagues were busy at the same task. Eyes were rolled up, mouths hung open, here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/looking-around-me-i-saw-that-all-my-colleagues-were-busy-at-the-same/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“There are carnivores, but not many. Symbiosis is the basic fact of life. That, and worship. Whistletop says all of the higher life forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/there-are-carnivores-but-not-many-symbiosis-is-the-basic-fact-of-life/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“Gas chamber, gallows. Electric chair, stake, firing squad. Hang by the neck till you’re dead, dead, dead, and may God recycle your soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/gas-chamber-gallows-electric-chair-stake-firing-squad-hang-by-the/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“All in all, it was the goldarndest, Barnum-and-Baileyest, rib-stickinest, rough-and-tumblest infernal foofaraw of a media circus anybody had seen since grandpaw chased the possum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/all-in-all-it-was-the-goldarndest-barnum-and-baileyest-rib-stickinest/)

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> [“no matter how tough you think you are, thought you were, you haven’t been around long enough to be tested in many, many ways.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/no-matter-how-tough-you-think-you-are-thought-you-were-you-haven-t/)

[John Varley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-varley/)

> [“If it’s not worth making beautiful,” Valiha said, “it’s not worth making.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-varley/if-it-s-not-worth-making-beautiful-valiha-said-it-s-not-worth-making/)

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