Quotes from book

The Big Time

“In the wake of a Big Change, cultures and individuals are transposed, it’s true, yet in the main they continue much as they were, except for the usual scattering of unfortunate but statistically meaningless accidents.”

“Of course, if you assume a big enough conspiracy, you can explain anything, including the cosmos itself.”

“I know only too well from a personal experience that is number one on my list of things to be forgotten.”

“It’s this mucking inefficiency and death of the cosmos — and don’t tell me that isn’t in the cards! — masquerading as benign omniscient authority.”

“Poets are wiser than anyone because they’re the only people who have the guts to think and feel at the same time.”

“What have I always told you about Soldiers? The bigger the gripe, the smaller the cause! It is infallible!”

“For that matter, where did I get off being critical of anyone?”

“Now is a bearable burden. What buckles the back is the added weight of the past’s mistakes and the future’s fears.”

“Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.”