--- title: "Science fiction Quotes and Sayings" description: "Browse 2,584 Science fiction quotes by 1,260 authors. Discover the best Science fiction sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/octavia-butler-8606_novels_my-brother-keith-begged-to-go-with-us-as_2339846.jpg" --- > [“My brother Keith begged to go with us as usual. He'll turn thirteen in a few days - August 14 - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/my-brother-keith-begged-to-go-with-us-as-usual-he-ll-turn-thirteen-in/) [Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/octavia-butler-8606_novels_my-brother-keith-begged-to-go-with-us-as_2339846.jpg) > [We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-harger/we-ve-been-surrounded-by-images-of-space-our-whole-lives-from-the/) [Honor Harger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-harger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/honor-harger-52386_art_we-ve-been-surrounded-by-images-of-space_894694.jpg) > [“She and Kennedy both dove for the power connector; Kennedy reached it first and yanked out the connection as Alex landed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/she-and-kennedy-both-dove-for-the-power-connector-kennedy-reached-it/) [G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/g-s-jennsen-10400_adventure_she-and-kennedy-both-dove-for-the-power_2252607.jpg) > [And from, you know, small ideas, bigger ideas emerge. So we're starting with suborbital space flights and we'll then go into orbital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-branson/and-from-you-know-small-ideas-bigger-ideas-emerge-so-we-re-starting/) [Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-branson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/richard-branson-256_bigger_and-from-you-know-small-ideas-bigger-ide_2501463.jpg) > [“Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. They had both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/rosewater-was-twice-as-smart-as-billy-but-he-and-billy-were-dealing/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/kurt-vonnegut-41_european-history_rosewater-was-twice-as-smart-as-billy-bu_1568578.jpg) > [Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shermer/myths-whether-in-written-or-visual-form-serve-a-vital-role-of-asking/) [Michael Shermer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shermer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/michael-shermer-2567_age_myths-whether-in-written-or-visual-form_1557725.jpg) > [“Everyone has the right to believe whatever he or she wants. Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, atheitsts, and every other religion. People can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-monroe/everyone-has-the-right-to-believe-whatever-he-or-she-wants-christians/) [Michael Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/michael-monroe-21922_afterlife_everyone-has-the-right-to-believe-whatev_1889128.jpg) > [“A lot of people feel that way. That if you didn’t pay your dues by being ostracized then you’re not \*really\* a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/a-lot-of-people-feel-that-way-that-if-you-didn-t-pay-your-dues-by/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/patrick-rothfuss-145_geek_a-lot-of-people-feel-that-way-that-if-yo_248634.jpg) > [The future. Space travel, or cosmology. Alternate universes. Time travel. Robots. Marvelous inventions. Immortality. Catastrophes. Aliens. Superman. Other dimensions. Inner space, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-wilhelm/the-future-space-travel-or-cosmology-alternate-universes-time-travel/) [Kate Wilhelm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-wilhelm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/kate-wilhelm-55209_aliens_the-future-space-travel-or-cosmology-alt_553279.jpg) > [“Sound waves, regardless of their frequency or intensity, can only be detected by the Mole Fly’s acute sense of smell—it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashim-shanker/sound-waves-regardless-of-their-frequency-or-intensity-can-only-be/) [Ashim Shanker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashim-shanker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/ashim-shanker-13588_auditory_sound-waves-regardless-of-their-frequenc_1767721.jpg) > [“She unwinds her scarf, taking so long about it that I wonder if she expects me to respond. “You were following the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corinne-duyvis/she-unwinds-her-scarf-taking-so-long-about-it-that-i-wonder-if-she/) [Corinne Duyvis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corinne-duyvis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/corinne-duyvis-42418_autism_she-unwinds-her-scarf-taking-so-long-abo_2605108.jpg) > [“The autumn leaves remind me of my own faded memories. The leaves hold their own precious stories, which drift about in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-l-marshall/the-autumn-leaves-remind-me-of-my-own-faded-memories-the-leaves-hold/) [Susan L. Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-l-marshall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/susan-l-marshall-26831_autumn_the-autumn-leaves-remind-me-of-my-own-fa_2366821.jpg) > [“You have business and pleasure to attend to. As an expert in both, allow me to advise you to put them aside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/you-have-business-and-pleasure-to-attend-to-as-an-expert-in-both/) [G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/g-s-jennsen-10400_adventure_you-have-business-and-pleasure-to-attend_106292.jpg) > [“As a class they are lazy, irresponsible, immature. They are incapable of producing contemporary fiction because they know nothing about life, cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-bester/as-a-class-they-are-lazy-irresponsible-immature-they-are-incapable-of/) [Alfred Bester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-bester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/alfred-bester-12060_childish_as-a-class-they-are-lazy-irresponsible-i_3183021.jpg) > [“A glacial chill rushes through Gage. He whips around just in time to see arms clutch Summer around the middle and drag…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kreitzer/a-glacial-chill-rushes-through-gage-he-whips-around-just-in-time-to/) [Laura Kreitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kreitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/laura-kreitzer-4509_burning-falls_a-glacial-chill-rushes-through-gage-he-w_42186.jpg) > [The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be a respectable writer and understand how a refrigerator works, just as no gentleman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-feeling-persists-that-no-one-can-simultaneously-be-a-respectable/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kurt-vonnegut-41_be-proud_the-feeling-persists-that-no-one-can-sim_284385.jpg) > [There are many other writers whose work I admire tremendously, but none whose work struck me at just the right young age.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/there-are-many-other-writers-whose-work-i-admire-tremendously-but/) [Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/dan-simmons-968_admire_there-are-many-other-writers-whose-work_2702703.jpg) > [To put it in a nutshell, the Central and South American high cultures of antiquity were entirely worthy of comparison with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-needham/to-put-it-in-a-nutshell-the-central-and-south-american-high-cultures/) [Joseph Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-needham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/joseph-needham-50020_achievement_to-put-it-in-a-nutshell-the-central-and_2946475.jpg) > [I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-anne-hurd/i-m-just-attracted-to-the-action-element-of-science-fiction-it-s/) [Gale Anne Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-anne-hurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/gale-anne-hurd-21404_action_i-m-just-attracted-to-the-action-element_3068434.png) > [“In the space of a breath he had crossed the distance separating them and spun her around into a vise grip from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/in-the-space-of-a-breath-he-had-crossed-the-distance-separating-them/) [G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/g-s-jennsen-10400_adventure_in-the-space-of-a-breath-he-had-crossed_1631013.jpg) > [“Science fiction is held in low regard as a branch of literature, and perhaps it deserves this critical contempt. But if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/science-fiction-is-held-in-low-regard-as-a-branch-of-literature-and/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/alvin-toffler-7657_books_science-fiction-is-held-in-low-regard-as_1055926.jpg) > [“An innocent breath of life comes from the deep of all darkness! It just takes a moment, an instant and right after,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-c-lemus/an-innocent-breath-of-life-comes-from-the-deep-of-all-darkness-it/) [E.C. 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While sensory continuity seems logical to their visual perception, as things are subject to change from moment-to-moment, such is not the case with their olfactory sense, as delays in sensing new smells are granted a degree of normality by the brain. Thus, the Mole Fly’s olfactory-auditory complex seems to be deprived of the sensory continuity otherwise afforded in the auditory senses of other species. And so, instead of sensing aromas and sounds continuously over a period of time—for example, instead of sensing them 24-30 times per second, as would be the case with their visual perception—they tend to process changes in sound and smell much more slowly, thereby preventing them from effectively plotting the variations thereof into an array or any kind of meaningful framework that would allow the information provided by their olfactory and auditory stimuli to be lasting in their usefulness. The Mole flies, themselves, being the structurally-obsessed and compulsive creatures that they are, in all their habitual collecting, organizing, and re-organizing of found objects into mammoth installations of optimal functional value, are remarkably easy to control, especially as they are given to a rather false and arbitrary sense of hierarchy, ascribing positions—that are otherwise trivial, yet necessarily mundane if only to obscure their true purpose—with an unfathomable amount of honor, to the logical extreme that the few chosen to serve in their most esteemed ranks are imbued with a kind of obligatory arrogance that begins in the pupal stages and extends indefinitely, as they are further nurtured well into adulthood by a society that infuses its heroes of middle management with an immeasurable sense of importance—a kind of celebrity status recognized by the masses as a living embodiment of their ideals. 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It makes her words no more pleasant. Resentment. Was that how she’d looked at me? Then how am I supposed to trust how she looks at me now? My words elicit a thankful smile. “Mostly, though, I knew you could do the job. Did you ever know other autistic people?” I shake my head. I’d heard rumors about one teacher, but never asked him. Mom had encouraged me to find a local support group, but I’d never seen the appeal—or the need. It wouldn’t change anything. I had friends, anyway. Peopleonline, my fellow volunteers at the Way Station. I even got along with Iris’s friends. “Well, I did, and I feel like a fool for never recognizing your autism. I had autistic colleagues at the university. They were accommodated, and they thrived. One researcher came in earlier than everyone else and would stay the longest. I saw the same strengths in you once I knew to look for them. You’re punctual, you’re precise, you’re trustworthy. When you don’t know something, you either figure it out or you ask, and either way, you get it right. I wanted to give you the same chance my colleagues had, and that other Nassau passengers got. 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