“We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response . . . mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.” — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Cellar Christians!" Foyle exclaimed. He and Robin peered through the window. Thirty worshipers of assorted faiths were celebrating the New Year with… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop… — 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… — 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
