Échange Standard, 1966
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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.”
Robert Sheckley livre Chasseur/Victime
Chasseur/Victime, 1988
“Un bon assassin doit dépendre de ce qui lui tombe sous la main.”
Robert Sheckley livre Chasseur/Victime
Chasseur/Victime, 1988
“Ce sont toujours les petites choses qui vous manquent le plus.”
Robert Sheckley livre Chasseur/Victime
Chasseur/Victime, 1988
“Quand on y réfléchit bien, peu de choses sont à la hauteur de leur réputation.”
Robert Sheckley livre La Dimension des miracles
La Dimension des miracles, 1973
“La Prédation est la Nécessité même.”
Robert Sheckley livre La Dimension des miracles
La Dimension des miracles, 1973
“La régularité est une chose agréable, mais à condition que ce soit sans excès.”
Robert Sheckley livre La Dimension des miracles
La Dimension des miracles, 1973
“Quand les compromis sont importants, nous les appelons tyrannie.”
Robert Sheckley livre Les Erreurs de Joenes
Les Erreurs de Joenes, 1962
“Mais les influences ne peuvent être que supposés, jamais vraiment décrites ou comprises.”
Robert Sheckley livre Les Erreurs de Joenes
Les Erreurs de Joenes, 1962
“Ceux en qui vous avez confiance vous trahiront. Ceux que vous haïssez vous convaincront.”
Robert Sheckley livre Le Temps meurtrier
Le Temps meurtrier, 1958
“Parfois, nos erreurs se refusent à rester mortes et enterrées.”
Robert Sheckley livre Le Temps meurtrier
Le Temps meurtrier, 1958
Robert Sheckley: Citations en anglais
Robert Sheckley livre The Robot Who Looked Like Me
The Robot Who Looked Like Me (p. 3)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
“It was one hell of an inspection when you went around finding how many sane men you had left.”
Fool’s Mate (p. 87)
Short fiction, Shards of Space (1962)
“Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic.”
The Girls and Nugent Miller (p. 24)
Short fiction, Shards of Space (1962)
“Had he been right or was he just another visionary?”
Robert Sheckley livre Watchbird
Watchbird (p. 44)
Short fiction, Notions: Unlimited (1960)
Gray Flannel Armor (p. 9)
Short fiction, Notions: Unlimited (1960)
“Ifs and buts could erode the soundest of principles.”
Hands Off (p. 86)
Short fiction, Citizen in Space (1955)
“What kind of intelligent beings would evolve on a planet that is all mountains?”
“Stupid ones!” Casker said.
Untouched by Human Hands (p. 75)
Short fiction, Untouched by Human Hands (1954)
“This planet’s secret menace was—freedom!”
Robert Sheckley livre Shape
Shape (p. 44)
Short fiction, Untouched by Human Hands (1954)
“Isn’t there anything you can do about the predator?”
Robert Sheckley livre La Dimension des miracles
Carmody asked.
“Nothing. Nor would I if I could. Predation is a necessary circumstance. Even the Gods are eventually eaten by Fate. You will not be an exception to the universal rule.”
Chapter 21 (p. 136)
Dimension of Miracles (1968)
Robert Sheckley livre Chasseur/Victime
Source: Hunter/Victim (1988), Chapter 18 (p. 100)
Robert Sheckley livre Victim Prime
Source: Victim Prime (1987), Chapter 48 (pp. 187-188)
“I’m proposing to pay you five thousand dollars to do something you’ll find quite enjoyable.”
Robert Sheckley livre Victim Prime
“Make it ten,” Foote said, “and I’ll enjoy it even more.”
Chapter 37 (pp. 151-152)
Victim Prime (1987)
“Nobody says any longer, When will the killing stop?”
Robert Sheckley livre Victim Prime
Now we know that the killing will stop only when life itself stops.
Prologue (p. 8)
Victim Prime (1987)
“Love is always a risk; but hate is a deadly peril.”
I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg (p. 150)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
“The disease may not be too difficult to live with. I thought you said it was terminal?”
“So I did. But then, everything is terminal, even health, even life itself. The only question is how long, and in what manner.”
I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg (p. 142)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
“I know they can’t help being young, but isn’t there something they can do about being so stupid?”
“I reckon not, Mr. Washburn,” Curly says.
The Never-Ending Western Movie (p. 119)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
Robert Sheckley livre Welcome to the Standard Nightmare
Welcome to the Standard Nightmare (p. 102)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
“It is just my good luck,” Detringer said, “that logic happens to be on the side of helping me.”
A Supplicant in Space (p. 64)
Short fiction, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1978)
“Paradox is the inevitable forerunner of chaos.”
The Impacted Man (p. 49)
Short fiction, Untouched by Human Hands (1954)
Robert Sheckley livre The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton
Source: Crompton Divided (1978), Chapter 6 (p. 28)
Robert Sheckley livre Pilgrimage to Earth
Protection (p. 101)
Short fiction, Pilgrimage to Earth (1957)
“Time devours our feeble mortality, leaving us with but the sour residue of memory.”
Robert Sheckley livre Mindswap
Marvin nodded. “Yet this ineffable and ungraspable quantity,” he replied, “this time which no man may possess, is in truth our only possession.”
Source: Mindswap (1966), Chapter 24 (p. 110)
“Words, in the final analysis, are just about as futile as actions, and much less fun.”
Robert Sheckley livre The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton
Source: Crompton Divided (1978), Chapter 8 (p. 39)
The Tales of Zanthias (published in Weird Tales (July-August, 2003); reprinted in David G. Hartwell (ed.), Year’s Best Fantasy 4 (pp. 400-401))
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