"The Martian Chronicles" Quotes
"The Martian Chronicles" is a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the colonization of Mars and its impact on both the human colonizers and the indigenous Martians.
science fiction | 182 pages | Published in 1949
Quotes
We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.
I don't want to be a man. I want to be the next best thing: a writer.
There was a smell of Time in the air tonight. He smiled and turned the fancy in his mind.
It's lack that gives us inspiration.
We're going to live on, past all our cities, in all our houses, and drop ever more in the places we've left.
You're a monster, Smith! A real monster!
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them.
They were given the new world, and they were told to make the most of it.
Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense.
We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.
