Larry Niven quotes - Page : 3

" Parlette spoke slowly and evenly. "I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world." " # War # Love # Books - Reading

" The bleeding-heart symbol does not represent any known revolutionary organization. ... Yes, the bleeding heart was something else again. A gruesome symbol on a vivarium floor. Fingers that broke without their owner noticing. An ink drawing appearing from nowhere on a dossier cover, like a signature. A signature. " # Literature # Love # Books - Reading

" He was sick of having to be afraid. It was a situation to drive a man right out of his skull. If he stopped being afraid, even for an instant, he could be killed! But now, at least for the moment, he could stop listening for footsteps, stop trying to look in all directions at once. A sonic stunner was a surer bet than a hypothetical, undependable psi power. It was real, cold and hard in his hand. " # Reality # Love # Action

" I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That's what we have to count on. " # Courage # Love # Fear

" Millard Parlette was near exhaustion. ... Sometimes it seemed to him, that he was at the end of his life, that he'd waited just long enough to meet this — the crisis he'd foreseen a hundred years ago. ... Known rebels moved freely through the Hospital, and no one could touch them. Their attitude toward the police was rude and contemptuous. Rumor had it that Millard Parlette was drafting new laws to further restrict police power. It didn't help that the rumors were true. " # Life and Living # Love # Death and Dying

" One mark of a good officer… the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better " # Decisions # Ability # Politicians and Politics

" Seen through the glow of a building orgasm, a woman seems to blaze with angelic glory. " # Orgasm # Glory # Angels

" The majority is always sane. " # Sanity

" The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum. The universe is hostile. " # Success # Insecurity # Marriage

" To witness titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal. " # Politicians and Politics # Wit # Pain