Quotes from book

Protector

“The stars are far from eternal, but for man they might as well be.”

Larry Niven book Protector

Section 1, Phssthpok, Chapter 1 (p. 7)
Protector (1973)

“And the air was full of the smell of burning bridges.”

Larry Niven book Protector

Section 2, Vandervecken (p. 166)
Protector (1973)

“What’s the justification for ancestor worship? You know what happens to a man without modern geriatrics: as he ages his brain cells start to die. Yet people tend to respect him, to listen to him.”

Larry Niven book Protector

Section 1, Chapter 3 (p. 86)
Protector (1973)