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Barry N. Malzberg
6 quotes
“…as indifferent to the meaning and central absurdity of the situation as swallows in a cathedral.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tripping with the Alchemist (2003), reprinted in Jack Dann (ed.), Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005), p. 192
“Great recrimination demands a large subject, will invent one if it does not exist.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tripping with the Alchemist (2003), reprinted in Jack Dann (ed.), Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005), p. 200
“There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Events,” I say to the Captain, “events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any motivation. Everything is blind chance, happenstance, occurrence; in an infinite universe anything can happen. After the fact we find reasons.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ruthven surmised that he had hit upon some of the central deceptions which had wrecked him and reduced him and so many of his colleagues to this condition. To surmise was not to conquer, of course; he was as helpless as ever but there was a dim liberation in seeing how he had been lied to, and he felt that at least he could take one thing from the terrible years through which he had come: he was free of self-delusion.”
Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source