Frasi di Barry N. Malzberg

“Ruthven surmised that he had hit upon some of the central deceptions which had wrecked him and reduced him and so many of his colleagues to this condition. To surmise was not to conquer, of course; he was as helpless as ever but there was a dim liberation in seeing how he had been lied to, and he felt that at least he could take one thing from the terrible years through which he had come: he was free of self-delusion.”

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Barry N. Malzberg

Origine: Corridors (1982), p. 145 in The Nebula Awards 18 edited by Robert Silverberg

“Events,” I say to the Captain, “events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any motivation. Everything is blind chance, happenstance, occurrence; in an infinite universe anything can happen. After the fact we find reasons.”

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Barry N. Malzberg libro Beyond Apollo

Origine: Beyond Apollo (1972), Chapter 60

“There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.”

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Barry N. Malzberg libro Beyond Apollo

Origine: Beyond Apollo (1972), Chapter 16

“Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.”

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Barry N. Malzberg

Origine: Corridors (1982), p. 144 in The Nebula Awards 18 edited by Robert Silverberg