Quotes from book
A Time of Changes

A Time of Changes

A Time of Changes is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. It won the Nebula Award for that year, and was also nominated for the 1972 Hugo and Locus Awards.


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“You may not hold me guilty of sins committed in dreams.”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 8 (p. 25)

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“Knowledge never injures the soul. It only purges that which encrusts and saps the soul.”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 31 (p. 110)

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“Love of others begins with love of self.”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 35 (p. 126)

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“All true enlightenment is illegal at first, within its context.”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 31 (p. 110)

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Robert Silverberg photo
Robert Silverberg photo

“My only regrets were for poor tactics, not for faulty principles.”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 70 (p. 204)

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Robert Silverberg photo
Robert Silverberg photo

“What value is lineage to a drowning man?”

Source: A Time of Changes (1971), Chapter 40 (p. 142)

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