“Everyone knows Newton as the great scientist. Few remember that he spent half his life muddling with alchemy , looking for the philosopher's stone. That was the pebble by the seashore he really wanted to find.” KnowsWantedRememberHalfStonesScientistPhilosopherNewtonAlchemyPebblesGreat ScientistSeashore Author:Fritz Leiber
“What is superstition , but misguided, unobjective science? And when it comes down to that, is it to be wondered if people grasp at superstition in this rotten, hate-filled, half-doomed world of today? Lord knows, I'd welcome the blackest of black magic, if it could do anything to stave off the atom bomb.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldTodayHateBlackHalfLordMagicFilledWelcomeBombsAtomsSuperstitionsDoomedRottenMisguidedAtom BombBlack Magic Book:Conjure Wife Source: Conjure Wife
“We're free out here, really free for the first time. We're floating, literally. Gravity can't bow our backs or break our arches or tame our ideas. You know, it's only out here that stupid people like us can really think. The weightlessness gets our thoughts and we can sort them. Ideas grow out here like nowhere else - it's the right environment for them. Anyone can get into space, if he wants to hard enough. The ticket is a dream.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFirstsIdeasHardEnoughDreamGrowsSpaceBreakEnvironmentStupidFirst TimeGravityBowsTicketsTravelerOur ThoughtsFloatingAstronautStupid PeopleSpace TravelArchesWeightlessness Author:Fritz Leiber
