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“Too far a retreat from reality is insanity.”

Source: Brain Wave (1954), Chapter 10 (p. 82)

“Everard sighed, switched off his conscience, and began lying.”

Delenda Est (p. 203)
Time Patrol

“Here was more than a question of law; it was a matter of whose will should prevail.”

The Sorrow of Odin the Goth (p. 433)
Time Patrol

“Heim ignored the mob scene on the 3V, rested his eyes on the cold serenity of the Milky Way and thought that this, at least, would endure.”

Section 1 “Marque and Reprisal”, Chapter IX (p. 69)
The Star Fox (1965)

“A little careful pushing, and they’ll bury the hatchet all right—in each other.”

Source: Brain Wave (1954), Chapter 9 (p. 76)

“Mortal combat corrupts, and war corrupts absolutely.”

Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 10 (p. 107)