Échange Standard, 1966
Œuvres
Le Temps meurtrier
Robert SheckleyLes Erreurs de Joenes
Robert SheckleyRobert Sheckley citations célèbres
Échange Standard, 1966
Robert Sheckley Citations
“Pour la carotte, le lapin est la parfaite incarnation du mal.”
Variante: Pour la carotte, le lapin est la parfaite incarnation du Mal.
“Au jeu des devinettes, mieux vaut comprendre tard que jamais.”
Chasseur/Victime, 1988
“Quand on y réfléchit bien, peu de choses sont à la hauteur de leur réputation.”
La Dimension des miracles, 1973
“La régularité est une chose agréable, mais à condition que ce soit sans excès.”
La Dimension des miracles, 1973
“Mais les influences ne peuvent être que supposés, jamais vraiment décrites ou comprises.”
Les Erreurs de Joenes, 1962
“Ceux en qui vous avez confiance vous trahiront. Ceux que vous haïssez vous convaincront.”
Le Temps meurtrier, 1958
“Parfois, nos erreurs se refusent à rester mortes et enterrées.”
Le Temps meurtrier, 1958
Robert Sheckley: Citations en anglais
“- "What is reality?"
- "One of the many possible illusions.”
Source: Options
“Contracts,” Martin said viciously, “are a lot more enforceable than love.”
Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 16 (pp. 136-137)
“Most men lead lives of quiet aspiration.”
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
““The acceptance of indeterminacy is the beginning of wisdom,” the hermit quoted.”
Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 14 (p. 70)
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 1 (p. 14)
Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 29 (p. 123)
Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 15 (p. 130)
Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 5 (p. 45)
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 4 (p. 33)
“I shall continue to live it,” Carmody said. “That is what moments are for.”
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 28 (pp. 189-190; closing words)
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 4 (p. 31)
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 3 (pp. 25-26)
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 28 (p. 187)
“Remember, similitude need not imply exactitude.”
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 24 (p. 159)
Source: Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Chapter 8 “How Joenes Taught, and What He Learned” (p. 69)
Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 5 (p. 26)
“They were shunned, and they had reacted to exclusion by exclusiveness.”
Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 12 (p. 56)
“I know you’re sane and you know you’re sane. But what if we’re both wrong?”
Death of the Dreammaster (published in Martin H. Greenberg (ed.) The Further Adventures of Batman (1989), p. 24
Short fiction
“All men are mortal, he tells us, but some are more mortal than others.”
Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 32 (p. 153)
Source: The Status Civilization (1960), Chapter 3 (p. 19)
“A little prescience goes a long way, especially in a galaxy as disorganized as this one.”
Source: Dimension of Miracles (1968), Chapter 4 (p. 34)
Source: Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Chapter 6 “Joenes and the Three #505justice Truck Drivers” (pp. 44-45)
“Last week we revoked his Godhead; we caught him operating a life without a license.”
Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 32 (p. 153)