“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop treating them like children and they'll stop behaving like children. Who the hell are you to play monitor?"… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. "Then find it yourself, sir. Don't ask the world… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying. — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“The acid of fury ran through him, eating away the brute patience and sluggishness that had made a cipher of Gully Foyle, precipitating a… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
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… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality. — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
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… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
