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Jack McDevitt, né le 14 avril 1935 à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie, est un écrivain américain de science-fiction, dont les histoires concernent souvent des contacts avec des extra-terrestres ou encore l'archéologie interstellaire. Ses deux principales œuvres sont les cycles Alex Benedict et Les Machines de Dieu avec le personnage Priscilla « Hutch » Hutchins. Wikipedia  

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Jack McDevitt: Citations en anglais

“At night the sea is very loud,
And voices ride the tide.
At another time, in another place,
Beneath the silent moon,
We laughed together.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Cauldron (2007), Chapter 30 (p. 279)

“A man without money is a bow without an arrow.”

Jack McDevitt livre Ancient Shores

Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, epigram for Chapter 18 (p. 180)
Ancient Shores (1996)

“If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Cauldron (2007), Chapter 28 (p. 256)

“Sometimes,” he said, “I think life is just one long series of blown opportunities.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Deepsix (2001), Chapter 22 (p. 327)

“Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, The Engines of God (1994), Chapter 30 (p. 398)

“Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 39 (p. 370)

“Politicians always seemed to be willing to sacrifice the general welfare to win votes.”

Jack McDevitt livre The Hercules Text

Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 9 (p. 138)

“In the larger scale of things, his opinions didn’t count anyhow. The politicians made the decisions, and the voters paid no attention.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 4 (p. 31)

“Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 7 (p. 69)

““Alyx,” she said, “you're going to be a legend.”
“I already am, Captain,” she said.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Chindi (2002), Chapter 34 (p. 471)

“When do we reach a point where people become responsible for their own actions?”

Jack McDevitt livre Ancient Shores

Source: Ancient Shores (1996), Chapter 13 (pp. 124-125)

“Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves.
“We watch television,” Dave said.”

Jack McDevitt livre Time Travelers Never Die

Source: Time Travelers Never Die (2009), Chapter 44 (p. 378)

“One should always be skeptical. That’s always been our problem. We have too many believers.”
“Believers in what?”

“In everything.”
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Chindi (2002), Chapter 5 (p. 72)

“He objected on principle to the powerful.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, The Engines of God (1994), Chapter 16 (p. 213)

“Ah, Lord, if I doubt You, it is perhaps because You hide Yourself so well.”

Jack McDevitt livre The Hercules Text

Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 4 (p. 63)

“I suspect we would be wise,” he said without looking up, “to avoid declaring what God will or will not allow.”

Jack McDevitt livre The Hercules Text

Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 12 (p. 194)

“Secrecy is a compulsive reflex in this country. It strangles thought, delays scientific progress, and destroys integrity.”

Jack McDevitt livre The Hercules Text

Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 7 (p. 105)

“If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn’t sufficiently occupied.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Cauldron (2007), Chapter 5 (p. 54)

“Maybe the universe doesn’t approve of places like New York.”

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, The Engines of God (1994), Chapter 30 (p. 408)

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