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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.”
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
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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?”
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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!”
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Shape
Shape (p. 44)
Short fiction, Untouched by Human Hands (1954)
“Isn’t there anything you can do about the predator?”
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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)
“I’m proposing to pay you five thousand dollars to do something you’ll find quite enjoyable.”
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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?”
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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)
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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)
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The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton
Source: Crompton Divided (1978), Chapter 6 (p. 28)
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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.”
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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.”
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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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