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Alfred Bester quotes: The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams ... never for reality.

The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams ... never for reality.

Alfred Bester quotes: There is no sun.

There is no sun.

Alfred Bester quotes: Vorga, I kill you filthy.

Vorga, I kill you filthy.

Alfred Bester quotes: This is Armageddon ... Flowering Monstrosity. Tell me what you see." "There's

This is Armageddon ... Flowering Monstrosity. Tell me what you see." "There's

Alfred Bester quotes: The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

Alfred Bester quotes: Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

Alfred Bester quotes: Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.

Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.

Alfred Bester quotes: He was afflicted with an education and a sense of humor. He was inspired by a purpose. He was armed with a phone book. He was doomed.

He was afflicted with an education and a sense of humor. He was inspired by a purpose. He was armed with a phone book. He was doomed.

Alfred Bester quotes: The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

Alfred Bester quotes: We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it.

We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it.

Alfred Bester quotes: Gully Foyle is my nameAnd Terra is my nation.Deep space is my dwelling place,The stars my destination.

Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.

Alfred Bester quotes: Century also had shelves of obsolete printed books.

Century also had shelves of obsolete printed books.

Alfred Bester quotes: It was an age of freaks, monsters, and grotesques. All the world was misshapen in marvelous and malevolent ways.

It was an age of freaks, monsters, and grotesques. All the world was misshapen in marvelous and malevolent ways.

Alfred Bester quotes: One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

Alfred Bester quotes: I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

Alfred Bester quotes: I'm treating you like a relative. I don't pay enough for the privilege.

I'm treating you like a relative. I don't pay enough for the privilege.

Alfred Bester quotes: I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

Alfred Bester quotes: You are the first to arrive alive in fifty years. You are a puissant man. Arrival of the fittest is the doctrine of the Holy Darwin. Most scientific.

You are the first to arrive alive in fifty years. You are a puissant man. Arrival of the fittest is the doctrine of the Holy Darwin. Most scientific.

Alfred Bester quotes: I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great.

I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great.

Alfred Bester quotes: We don't punish criminals in our enlightened age, we cure 'em; and the cure is worse than punishment.

We don't punish criminals in our enlightened age, we cure 'em; and the cure is worse than punishment.

Alfred Bester quotes: Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

Alfred Bester quotes: The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.

The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.

Alfred Bester quotes: Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

Alfred Bester quotes: Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

Alfred Bester quotes: Now don't warp your orbit, Mac.

Now don't warp your orbit, Mac.

Alfred Bester quotes: He was Gully Foyle, the oiler, wiper, bunkerman; too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship, too lazy for love.

He was Gully Foyle, the oiler, wiper, bunkerman; too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship, too lazy for love.

Alfred Bester quotes: You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.

You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.

Alfred Bester quotes: I'm not a robot. I'm a freak of the universe ... a thinking animal ... and I'm trying to see my way clear through this morass.

I'm not a robot. I'm a freak of the universe ... a thinking animal ... and I'm trying to see my way clear through this morass.

Alfred Bester quotes: The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious.

The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious.

Alfred Bester quotes: We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response ... mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.

We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response ... mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.

Alfred Bester quotes: Why is life? Don't ask about it. Live it.

Why is life? Don't ask about it. Live it.

Alfred Bester quotes: If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.

If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.