140 Quotes by Larry Niven

He felt brittle, and ravenous.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Matthew 7:3.

The Devil he blew an outward breath, for his heart was free from care.

This place is a playground for a questing mind.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Gradually he was learning the size, the scale of the Ringworld. It was unpleasant, like all learning processes. He.

Did I still remember how to let my mind play?

We play your part in order to understand you, but you each seem to play a thousand parts. It makes things difficult for an honest, hard-working bug-eyed monster.

They do not use lasers, they do not use radio, they do not use hyperwave. What are they using for communication? Telepathy? Written messages? Big mirrors?” “Parrots,” Louis suggested. He got up to join them at the door to the control room. “Huge parrots, specially bred for their oversized lungs. They’re too big to fly. They just sit on hilltops and scream at each other.