Quotes from book
The Road to the Sea

Arthur C. Clarke
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“The future is built on the rubble of the past; wisdom lies in facing that fact, not in fighting against it.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 265
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 269
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“There are some things that no amount of pure intelligence can anticipate, but which can only be learned by bitter experience.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 284
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“It was good to be alive; it was better to be young; it was best of all to be in love.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 284
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“Yet it was the impression that the unknown master has set out to create, Phoenix-like, from the dying embers of a great legend. He had captured, and held for all future ages to see, that beauty whose service is the purpose of life, and it sole justification.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 292
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“You won’t be an artist if you live a thousand years. You’re merely an expert, and you know it. Those who can—do, those who can’t—criticise.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 294
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“Great art and domestic bliss are mutually incompatible. Sooner or later, you’ll have to make your choice.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 298
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

Arthur C. Clarke photo

“Though I've often made fun of the scientists, they’ve freed us forever from the stagnation that was overtaking your race.”

Arthur C. Clarke book The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 298
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

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