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Famous Robert Silverberg Quotes
“We are born by accident into a purely random universe.”
“Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.”
“One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance.”
“Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world.”
“Utopias are boring. Distopias on the other hand, are interesting.”
“Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer.”
“Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been.”
“I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?”
“Ignorance can't be pardoned. Only cured.”
“Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing's unthinkable once somebody's thought it.”