No matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Ther's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves. Alfred Bester More Quotes by Alfred Bester More Quotes From Alfred Bester Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people. Alfred Bester passion grateful men Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination Alfred Bester dwelling-place stars names One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality. Alfred Bester aphrodisiac quality space Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief Alfred Bester worthy belief believe "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 world to stop moving because you have doubts." "Why can't we all move forward together?" "Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow." "Who leads?" "The men who must... driven men, compelled men." "Freak men." "You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory." Alfred Bester doubt men moving Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts. Alfred Bester doubt world moving It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of emotions. If this is true, literature's loss is science fiction's gain, for Out of Bounds, Judith Merril's collection of short stories, is a warm and colorful rendering of the minutiae of the future. Alfred Bester loss writing reality This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it. Alfred Bester dying age adventure The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with it and understand it in all its aspects. This means that he must have devoted serious thought to it, and have beliefs of his own which will stand up in the place of the broken idol. In other words, any child can complain, but it takes an adult to clash with accepted beliefs . . . an adult with ideas. Alfred Bester order mean children 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 colorful pressures and conflicts. Alfred Bester technology mean people Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory. Alfred Bester lemmings freak life-is The mind is the reality. You are what you think. Alfred Bester mind reality thinking Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy. Alfred Bester entropy nonsense cents That's me," he said, motioning to the robot. "That's all of us. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves. Alfred Bester reactions free-will robots We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it. Alfred Bester natural sometimes This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it. Alfred Bester freak century age I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying. Alfred Bester life-and-death dying people Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun. Alfred Bester rage anger said The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal. Alfred Bester priorities giving men Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense. Alfred Bester nonsense silly fiction
