Tower of Glass Quotes

“He was only now outgrowing his playboy phase, groping his way out of frivolity the way others might grope their way out of atheism.”
― Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

“It's a cultural matter. They take pride in their unpride. It reflects their lack of status. Bottom... of the bottom of the human world, and they know it, and they don't like it, and the squalor is like a badge of nonstatus for them. Saying, you want us to be filth, we'll live in filth too. Reveling in it. Wallowing in it. If we're not people, we don't have to be tidy....”
― Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

“[He] had riposted with the proper metaphysical statements, yet he was disturbed.”
― Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

“He was looking for a vehicle of purpose, for a vessel to contain his formless ambitions and abilities.”
― Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

“The tower's got to be big, is all! We want to send a message fast, we got to shout loud and clear. Okay?”
― Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass