---
title: "1 Carnivorous Quotes By C.S. Friedman"
description: "1 Carnivorous quotes by C.S. Friedman. Plus more from C.S. Friedman and more Carnivorous sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png"
---

> [“Only in summer-phase is it carnivorous.” If there was an award for understatement, I thought, the Tyr would trounce all competition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-if-there-was-an-award-for/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png)

## More by C.S. Friedman

> [Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/tomorrow-could-not-get-better-if-one-failed-to-survive-today/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“Connecting to the outernet was less of a shock this time, as the monitor gave him a sense of distance from it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/connecting-to-the-outernet-was-less-of-a-shock-this-time-as-the/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“He’d once had to fight off a pack of ghouls in below-zero weather with nothing on but a pair of socks, and it wasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/he-d-once-had-to-fight-off-a-pack-of-ghouls-in-below-zero-weather/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“It is in the nature of man that he is antagonistic toward the others of his sex. Each man sees in another a potential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/it-is-in-the-nature-of-man-that-he-is-antagonistic-toward-the-others/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“The more I think about it, the more it frightens me." "So why are you getting involved?" He shut his eyes. "So I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-more-i-think-about-it-the-more-it-frightens-me-so-why-are-you/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/i-sold-my-soul-for-knowledge-of-the-future-only-to-have-that-very/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/what-is-a-child-he-asks-her-the-diamond-gaze-does-not-flinch/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“Look," she told me. "A good kreda is very hard to find. I invested a lot of time and memory in you. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/look-she-told-me-a-good-kreda-is-very-hard-to-find-i-invested-a-lot/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“It struck Hsing suddenly that Masada didn't even understand the nature of his own genius. To him the patterns of thought and motive that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/it-struck-hsing-suddenly-that-masada-didn-t-even-understand-the/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“Amazing, is it not, that in the face of death we hunger for distraction, and are wont to focus on other things, trivial things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/amazing-is-it-not-that-in-the-face-of-death-we-hunger-for-distraction/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“Fear would come in time, no doubt, but that did not mean she had to issue it a formal invitation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/fear-would-come-in-time-no-doubt-but-that-did-not-mean-she-had-to/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/in-a-world-where-data-is-coin-of-the-realm-and-transmissions-are/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“The gods, he knows now, will not help mankind. If they even exist—which he is no longer certain of—it is clear they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-gods-he-knows-now-will-not-help-mankind-if-they-even-exist-which/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“The Tyr had tried. It had really tried. It must have gone over every element of human psychology, tried desperately to understand the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/the-tyr-had-tried-it-had-really-tried-it-must-have-gone-over-every/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

> [“All data leaves a trail. The search for data leaves a trail. The erasure of data leaves a trail. The absence of data, under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/all-data-leaves-a-trail-the-search-for-data-leaves-a-trail-the/)

[C.S. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-friedman/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Carnivorous Quotes By C.S. Friedman",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Only in summer-phase is it carnivorous.” If there was an award for understatement, I thought, the Tyr would trounce all competition.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "C.S. Friedman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-friedman/only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-if-there-was-an-award-for/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Only in summer-phase is it carnivorous.” If there was an award for understatement, I thought, the Tyr would…” — C.S. Friedman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/",
            "name": "Carnivorous Quotes by C.S. Friedman",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/c-s-friedman-22610_great-quotes_only-in-summer-phase-is-it-carnivorous-i_1572840.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Carnivorous quotes by C.S. Friedman. Plus more from C.S. Friedman and more Carnivorous sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Carnivorous",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "C.S. Friedman",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carnivorous/c-s-friedman/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```