Up the Walls of the World Quotes

“Se anche ci capitasse d’incontrare Geova, o Allah, o Visnù, io continuerei a basarmi sulla seconda legge della termodinamica.”
― James Tiptree Jr., La via delle stelle

“Briefly he has lived in a dream more real than all his miserable life.”
― James Tiptree, Jr., Up the Walls of the World

“For dreams that never die.”
― James Tiptree, Jr., Up the Walls of the World

“THE ALMOST-INCORPOREAL VASTNESS PUZZLES, LISTENING AS LEVIATHAN MIGHT PUZZLE OVER THE PROBLEMS OF AN ATOM.”
― James Tiptree Jr., Up the Walls of the World

“His own mind reels, yet the others with him seem undisturbed. He recalls that their Earthly selves read, what was it, science fiction. Galaxies, super-races, marvels of space. They’re used to such notions. He himself had seen the stars as stars; they saw them as backgrounds for scenarios. Well, maybe theirs was the best preparation for reality, if wherever they are is indeed reality.”
― James Tiptree Jr., Up the Walls of the World

“Per la prima volta ha veramente afferrato la più allucinante lezione della vita: L’altro esiste.”
― James Tiptree Jr., La via delle stelle