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“We often resort to something called Hilbert space, which is described as n-dimensional—it’s like modern sex, any number may be played with.”

James Blish book The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 10, “Weinbaum on Sinai” (p. 116)

Sex

““Something tells me that this isn’t going to be as simple as it looks.”
“What is?” Wald said, raising his eyebrows.
“Nothing, of course. But hope springs eternal in the human spleen.””

James Blish book The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 77)

Hope , Spring

“The motto of the bureau,” Weinbaum said, “is, ‘sometimes something works.’”

James Blish book The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 75)

“Something tells me that this isn’t going to be as simple as it looks.”

James Blish book The Quincunx of Time

“What is?” Wald said, raising his eyebrows.
“Nothing, of course. But hope springs eternal in the human spleen.”
Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 77)