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C.S. Friedman is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, born on January 12, 1957. Known for her unique world-building and profound character development, she is the author of the popular 'Necroscope' series and 'The Dark Between the Stars' series.

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All Men Doe Coins Adopting Adults Asks Assault Barbarism Bases Children

Famous C.S. Friedman Quotes

“Sometimes the decision is placed in your hands and you just have to go with it, right or wrong, according to what you think is best.”

Book:The Madness Season

Source: The Madness Season

“The more complex our security becomes, the more complex our enemy's efforts must be.The more we seek to shut him out, the better he must learn to become at breaking in.Each new level of security that we manage becomes no more than a stepping-stone for him who would surpass us, for he bases his next assault upon our best defenses.It is a ware that can never truly be won… but one we dare not lose.”

Next Loses Levels Effort Enemy Security Stones Bases Complexes Dare Defense Manage Assault Stepping Stones

Book:This Alien Shore

Source: This Alien Shore

“Tomorrow could not get better if one failed to survive today.”

Ifs Today Tomorrow Get Better

Author:C.S. Friedman

“A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.”

Men Doe Limitation Tested

Book:In Conquest Born

Source: In Conquest Born

“Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by his first contact with a culture that does.”

Men Needs Firsts Doe Culture Illusion Contact Civilized Barbarism Adopting First Contact

Book:In Conquest Born

Source: In Conquest Born

“What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to get the coin to make more children." She paused. "Adults sell themselves.”

Children Doe Asks Parent Streets Creatures Adults Sells Diamond Coins

Book:Feast of Souls: Book One of the Magister Trilogy

Source: Feast of Souls: Book One of the Magister Trilogy

“I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).”

Soul Forever Ignorant My Soul Pact

Book:When True Night Falls: The Coldfire Trilogy, Book Two

Source: When True Night Falls: The Coldfire Trilogy, Book Two

“In a world where data is coin of the realm, and transmissions are guarded by no better sentinels than man-made codes and corruptible devices, there is no such thing as a secret.”

Men World Made Secret Data Code Realms Devices Coins Guarded Transmission Sentinels

Book:This Alien Shore

Source: This Alien Shore

“All about us were people. Perhaps a hundred. Men. Experience had taught me that humans were cruelest when segregated by sex, and the cold feeling in the pit of my stomach became led. What had I let myself in for?”

People Men Humans Feelings Sex Fear Taught Cold Hundred Stomach Pits

Author:C.S. Friedman

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Born: January 12, 1957
Known for: Writer
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