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Clifford D. Simak quotes: The chain of life runs smoothly from one generation to the next and none of the links stand out except here and there a link one sees by accident.

The chain of life runs smoothly from one generation to the next and none of the links stand out except here and there a link one sees by accident.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds.

And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: But when a tree speaks to one, what is one to do? On

But when a tree speaks to one, what is one to do? On

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.

Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: We have fallen on hard times of the spirit, with many of the people more concerned with fear of evil than contemplation of the good.

We have fallen on hard times of the spirit, with many of the people more concerned with fear of evil than contemplation of the good.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Whatever doubt might rise, he knew that he was right. But the rightness was an intellectual rightness and the doubt emotional.

Whatever doubt might rise, he knew that he was right. But the rightness was an intellectual rightness and the doubt emotional.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: He sat there thinking of Man's capacity for the wiping out of speciessometimes in hate or fear, at other times for the simple love of gain.

He sat there thinking of Man's capacity for the wiping out of species
sometimes in hate or fear, at other times for the simple love of gain.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Man was engaged in a mad scramble for power and knowledge, but nowhere is there any hint of what he meant to do with it once he had attained it.

Man was engaged in a mad scramble for power and knowledge, but nowhere is there any hint of what he meant to do with it once he had attained it. He

Clifford D. Simak quotes: This is the very center of everything there is. A huge black hole eating up the galaxy. The end of everything.

This is the very center of everything there is. A huge black hole eating up the galaxy. The end of everything.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Delectable," Ulysses said. "Of all the drinks that I have drank on all the planets I have visited, the coffee is the best.

Delectable," Ulysses said. "Of all the drinks that I have drank on all the planets I have visited, the coffee is the best.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth .

Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth .

Clifford D. Simak quotes: That was the way with Man; it had always been that way. He had carried terror with him. And the thing he was afraid of had always been himself.

That was the way with Man; it had always been that way. He had carried terror with him. And the thing he was afraid of had always been himself.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Jenkins tried to say goodbye, but he could not say goodbye. If he could only weep, he thought, but robots could not weep.

Jenkins tried to say goodbye, but he could not say goodbye. If he could only weep, he thought, but robots could not weep.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Much of what we see in the universe ... starts out as imaginary. Often you must imagine something before you can come to terms with it.

Much of what we see in the universe ... starts out as imaginary. Often you must imagine something before you can come to terms with it.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: He needed sun and soil and wind to remain a man.

He needed sun and soil and wind to remain a man.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: But the bars that held you, the bars that kept you in were the luxury and soft living. It is hard to walk out on a thing like that

But the bars that held you, the bars that kept you in were the luxury and soft living. It is hard to walk out on a thing like that

Clifford D. Simak quotes: I'm just a propagandist and a propagandist doesn't have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks about it most convincingly.

I'm just a propagandist and a propagandist doesn't have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks about it most convincingly.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: I trade with you my mind.

I trade with you my mind.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Unconventional," said Jenkins. "What is conventional?" asked Andrew. "Living in a dream? Living for a memory? you must be weary of it." "Not

Unconventional," said Jenkins. "What is conventional?" asked Andrew. "Living in a dream? Living for a memory? you must be weary of it." "Not

Clifford D. Simak quotes: The pendulum had swung too far, as always, and now was swinging back, and the horror of intolerance had been loosed upon the land.

The pendulum had swung too far, as always, and now was swinging back, and the horror of intolerance had been loosed upon the land.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: University politics," declared Oop, "doesn't care about liberal traditions or any other kind of traditions.

University politics," declared Oop, "doesn't care about liberal traditions or any other kind of traditions.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: Inside the time bubble we do not age. We age only when we are outside of it.

Inside the time bubble we do not age. We age only when we are outside of it.

Clifford D. Simak quotes: aimed not at military concentrations, but at total populations. He

aimed not at military concentrations, but at total populations. He

Clifford D. Simak quotes: My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.