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> [“A surprising percentage of your own society, with all your heritage of murder, would like to believe that Life survives by going to the supermarket. So the ideal would be to train cattle to make butcher knives and take turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/a-surprising-percentage-of-your-own-society-with-all-your-heritage-of/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

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## More by Spider Robinson

> [“There's a price for absolution on this planet, and it's called penance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/there-s-a-price-for-absolution-on-this-planet-and-it-s-called-penance/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/and-i-repeat-if-there-is-anything-that-can-divert-the-land-of-my/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/annie-clouded-up-for-a-second-he-thought-she-was-going-to-erupt-and/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> […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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/when-writing-always-hook-the-reader-with-your-first-sentence-in-love/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/if-you-ve-lived-a-bad-life-they-send-you-to-hell-but-if-you-ve-been/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [The whole world turns upside down in ten years, but you turn upside down with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/the-whole-world-turns-upside-down-in-ten-years-but-you-turn-upside/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/i-had-not-until-then-fully-realized-that-i-was-odd-that-there-was/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [“Shared pain is lessened Shared joy is increased Thus do we refute entropy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/shared-pain-is-lessened-shared-joy-is-increased-thus-do-we-refute/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [She danced because she needed to. She needed to say things which could be said in no other way, and she needed to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/she-danced-because-she-needed-to-she-needed-to-say-things-which-could/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/sometimes-i-think-i-must-have-a-guardian-idiot-a-little-invisible/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [...I know good design when I fail to trip over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/i-know-good-design-when-i-fail-to-trip-over-it/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/the-problems-of-today-s-youth-were-no-longer-a-sunday-supplement-or-a/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [Now that I finally have the time for it, this web surfing stuff turns out to be as interesting and fun and addictive as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/now-that-i-finally-have-the-time-for-it-this-web-surfing-stuff-turns/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/librarians-are-like-crack-dealers-when-it-comes-to-hooking-small/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

> [We did make use, from time to time, of candles, neckties, scarves, shoelaces, a little water-color paintbrush, her hairbrush, butter, whipped cream, strawberry jam,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spider-robinson/we-did-make-use-from-time-to-time-of-candles-neckties-scarves/)

[Spider Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spider-robinson/)

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