James Blish Quotes

#1. She was right. Peace was the way.
She was right. But at the wrong time.

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#2. The omelette tasted like flannel.

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#3. In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!

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#4. Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that's what pleases me.

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#5. Who does it hurt? That's who the story is about.

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#6. I for one refuse to believe that an enterprise so well conceived, so scrupulously produced, and so widely loved can stay boneyarded for long.
And I have 1,898 letters from people who don't believe it either.

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#7. But now the shots began - not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.

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#8. [T]he end cannot justify the means; but if there are no other means, and the end is necessary...

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#9. Credit ... is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.

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