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There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; th...more

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We came, Takver thought, from a great distance to each other. We have always done so. Over great distances, over years, over abysses of chance. It is ...more

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This concern, feebly called 'love of nature', seemed to Shevek to be something much broader than love. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus ha...more

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Her concern with landscapes and living creatures was passionate. This concern, feebly called, "the love of nature" seemed to Shevek to be something mu...more

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You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And...more

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Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be...more

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She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.

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Life rises out of death, death rises out of life; in being opposite they yearn to each other, they give birth to each other and are forever reborn. An...more

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Life rises out of death, death rises out of life, in being opposite they yearn to each other, they give birth to each other and are forever reborn. An...more

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...All who ever died, live; they are reborn and have no end, nor will there ever be an end. All, save you. For you would not have death. You lost deat...more

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Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you wa...more

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«I am tired,» he said. «I did a lot today. That is, I did something. The only thing I have ever done. I pressed a button. It took the entire will powe...more

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The unknown," said Faxe's soft voice in the forest, "the unforetold, the unproven, that is what life is based on. Ignorance is the ground of thought. ...more

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They did not use the sonic stunners but the foray gun, the ancient weapon that fires a set of metal fragments in a burst. They shot to kill him. He wa...more

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Why are my sons followed thus by darkness?'...'Because they were born in the house of flesh, therefore death follows at their heels.