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“I have come to prefer something looser, a rough sort of definition which says simply that science fiction attempts to portray that which does not exist, a speculative reality, but endeavors to explore the consequences of such a speculation in a rigorous, systematic, and scientifically plausible way.”

Robert Silverberg book Thorns

Introduction (p. vi)
Thorns (1967)

“Only a man who doubts his own bravery bristles when called a coward.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 7 “We Play a Little Game” (p. 122)

“Like all bureaucrats, he was bewildered by an unpredictable development.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 2 “The Realm of Moctezuma XII” (p. 33)

“The more you succeed in making out of yourself, the more bitter a thing it is to have to die.”

Robert Silverberg book The Book of Skulls

Source: The Book of Skulls (1972), Chapter 15 (p. 62)

“Morality after the fact is worse than no morality at all.”

Robert Silverberg book The Book of Skulls

Source: The Book of Skulls (1972), Chapter 7 (p. 25)

“A man who lies to himself is the worst liar of all.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 9 “To the Western Sea” (p. 162)

“I felt an unmanly pity for the beasts we slew, for I fear I don’t really have the killer instinct. I don’t have the starving instinct either, though, and so I fired away.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 9 “To the Western Sea” (p. 158)

“Take this as a bit of easy wisdom: people who try to rule over other people are going to be hated.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 1 “Across the Ocean Sea” (p. 23)