“We inhabit two universes, then, One is the universe inside our skulls - our viewpoint universe, as it were.” — James Blish Copy Share Image
In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small! — James Blish Copy Share
“The boundary between the real and the unreal had been let down in Foote's mind, and between the comings and goings of the cloud-shadows… — james blish Copy Share
“I expect that in the long run, when we get right down to the fundamental stuff of the universe, we’ll find that there’s nothing… — James Blish Copy Share
“[T]he end cannot justify the means; but if there are no other means, and the end is necessary...” — James Blish Copy Share
“[A]ll knowledge goes through both stages, the annunciation out of noise into fact, and the disintegration back into noise again. The process involved was… — James Blish Copy Share
But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before. — James Blish Copy Share
“We inhabit two universes, then, One is the universe inside our skulls - our viewpoint universe, as it were.” — James Blish Copy Share
Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that's what pleases me. — James Blish Copy Share
“I for one refuse to believe that an enterprise so well conceived, so scrupulously produced, and so widely loved can stay boneyarded for long.… — James Blish Copy Share
“I will be the first. As of tonight, I renounce my citizenship in the United Nations, and my allegiance to the Shelter state. From… — James Blish Copy Share
“[H]er spare strange beauty was not that of a woman, nor even of a statue, but that of the Platonic absolute of which all… — James Blish Copy Share
