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Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Utopias are boring. Distopias on the other hand, are interesting."

Utopias are boring. Distopias on the other hand, are interesting.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present."

Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.




Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Never pass by a chance to shut up."

Never pass by a chance to shut up.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment."

When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment.




Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Ignorance can't be pardoned. Only cured."

Ignorance can't be pardoned. Only cured.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world."

Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "We are born by accident into a purely random universe."

We are born by accident into a purely random universe.




Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing's unthinkable once somebody's thought it."

Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing's unthinkable once somebody's thought it.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer."

Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "The denizens of Citizens Service Houses are not, as a rule, gifted with a lot of common sense, but they often make up for that by being extremely argumentative and vindictive."

The denizens of Citizens Service Houses are not, as a rule, gifted with a lot of common sense, but they often make up for that by being extremely argumentative and vindictive.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "I hate no one, sir. It seems a waste of emotional energy."

I hate no one, sir. It seems a waste of emotional energy.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance."

One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance.




Robert Silverberg Quotes: "My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being."

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been."

Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Who could not return from a visit to Jack Vance's world, without feeling that he had been somewhere unique, that he had experienced things unavailable in our mundane world?"

Who could not return from a visit to Jack Vance's world, without feeling that he had been somewhere unique, that he had experienced things unavailable in our mundane world?



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?"

I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed."

Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from us if only we were vigilant enough."

Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from us if only we were vigilant enough.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "To enter the past is like poking a baseball bat into a spiderweb: it can't be done subtly or delicately."

To enter the past is like poking a baseball bat into a spiderweb: it can't be done subtly or delicately.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "I'm an urban New Yorker to the last molecule."

I'm an urban New Yorker to the last molecule.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "[He] had riposted with the proper metaphysical statements, yet he was disturbed."

[He] had riposted with the proper metaphysical statements, yet he was disturbed.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "I tried to be good to Judith, I tried to be kind and loving, but our hatred kept coming between us."

I tried to be good to Judith, I tried to be kind and loving, but our hatred kept coming between us.



Robert Silverberg Quotes: "The main thing about aliens is that they are alien. They feel no responsibility for fulfilling any of your expectations. (Dark City Lights)"

The main thing about aliens is that they are alien. They feel no responsibility for fulfilling any of your expectations. (Dark City Lights)