“I believe that those in the city must be left to work out their own destiny," the hist-techneer said at last. "In a manner of thinking that choice is now a retreat. They wish life to remain as it always… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“Racial mixtures after planet-wide wars, mutant births after the nuclear conflicts, had broken down the old intolerance against the "different." And out in space thousands of intelligent life forms, encased in almost as many shapes and bodies, had given "shape… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“In the past Terra had been racked by wars of religion, one fanatically held opinion opposed to another. There was no righteousness in such… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp! — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
Do not fear so, here is one who would be a blade at your back. A shield across your breast. Here is kin, here… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“It’s invisible because it’s a color beyond our range of sight. It must have stayed in here all these years. And it kills—it must—when… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us; we can only trust there will be sufficient… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“Maybe there has been a rebellion in this sector. The winner may be systematically mopping up all Patrol bases. That would leave him free… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
“Smiths were sacred in the old days. We know that they made a secret of their trade which overrode the bounds of district, tribe,… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to… — Andre Norton Copy Share Image
