Perspective Quote by James Blish

““We inhabit two universes, then, One is the universe inside our skulls - our viewpoint universe, as it were.””

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In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!

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“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…

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Credit . . . is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.

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“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…

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“[T]he end cannot justify the means; but if there are no other means, and the end is necessary...”

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“[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…

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“She was right. Peace was the way. She was right. But at the wrong time.”

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The omelette tasted like flannel.

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But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.

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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.

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“I for one refuse to believe that an enterprise so well conceived, so scrupulously produced, and so widely loved can stay boneyarded for long.…

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“I will be the first. As of tonight, I renounce my citizenship in the United Nations, and my allegiance to the Shelter state. From…

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