"Out of the Silent Planet" Quotes
A linguist is kidnapped and taken to Mars, where he discovers a world of strange beings and an interplanetary conflict.
science fiction | 224 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
You were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
I will make a man of you yet.
Your quest is over. You have nothing to fear.
Even the weakest and most vulnerable of all creatures, it is stronger than the shameless and insolent.
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
The love of the best woman is a shelter; the love of the noblest man is a support.
A pleasure is full-grown only when it is remembered.
You may be the only one who can rescue her.
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable.
