14 Quotes by Cordwainer Smith

We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...

There is no time for fear. It's much too interesting.

The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.

... but remember that I shall love your sorrow...

... crowding together to see something which would ease the boredom of perfection and time.

I myself went into a hospital and came out French.

Between them there was an aching void of forever-unspoken words - things that couldn't quite be said by either of them, perhaps things that couldn't be said at all. They were so close to each other that they could get no closer. This created enormous distance, which was heart-breaking but unutterable.

He was a man, in short, who had arranged his own life to live comfortably, selfishly, and well on the personal side, so that he could give generously and impartially of his talens on the official side.

He was a man, in short, who had arranged his own life to live comfortably, selfishly, and well on the personal side, so that he could give generously and impartially of his talents on the official side.