Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 19 “Thule”, Section 32 (p. 517)
Quotes from book
The Boat of a Million Years
A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history “succeeds admirably” (The New York Times). The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themselves from injuries, they will never die of old age—although they can fall victim to catastrophic wounds. They have walked among mortals for millennia, traveling across the world, trying to understand their special gifts while searching for one another in the hope of finding some meaning in a life that may go on forever. Following their individual stories over the course of human history and beyond into a richly imagined future, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” (USA Today) weaves a broad tapestry that is “ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style” (Library Journal).
“What’s the point of our living all these centuries if we haven’t grown up even a little?”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 19 “Thule”, Section 27 (p. 482)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 19 “Thule”, Section 18 (p. 449)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 19 “Thule”, Section 14 (p. 441)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 15 (p. 396)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 336)
“Well, I’ll try to sketch it out for you, but I’ll have to repeat stuff I’ve told you before.”
“That’s all right. I’m a simon-pure layman. My basic thought habits were formed early in the Iron Age. Where it comes to science, I can use plenty of repetition.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 331)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 330)
“No amount of money would stave off a nuclear warhead.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 328)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 327)
“Well, everybody got stupid now and then, especially in war.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 17 “Steel” (p. 306)
“I seek occasional relief in old books. They help me tell the transient from the enduring.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 16 “Niche” (p. 291)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 16 “Niche” (p. 291)
“She seldom bothered taking revenge. Time did that for her, eventually.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 15 “Coming Together”, Section 2 (p. 281)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 12 “The Last Medicine” (p. 215)
“Your Eminence is as great a man as I have ever met.”
“Then God have mercy on humankind,” Richelieu replied.
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 11 “The Kitten and the Cardinal” (p. 207)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 11 “The Kitten and the Cardinal” (p. 205)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 7 “The Same Kind”, Section 2 (p. 140)
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 5 “No Man Shuns His Doom”, Section 1 (p. 106)
“Nothing in excess, including self-denial.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 2 “The Peaches of Forever” (p. 29)
