Juggler of Worlds Quotes

“My grandma always says, ‘Never attribute to malice what can be as easily attributed to stupidity.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Ah, curiosity.” A very human trait. Wandering away from the herd got animals killed. Any semblance to curiosity was bred out of Nessus’ ancestors long before the first glimmer of sentience.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Even the rubble of a successfully shattered NP4, strewn in the path of the Fleet, would be fearfully dangerous. Only utter desperation could justify that course of action”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“A radio-linked auxiliary bridge display repeated the deep-radar image: an opaque cube buried in the ice. The cube disappeared. A steam geyser burst from the ice. A massive figure emerged. It was an armed and armored Kzin! Jason and Anne-Marie ran for the ship, only to be cut down.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“I, however, wish to purchase exclusivity henceforth: of the system’s location and even its existence.” What else could he ask to safeguard the Fleet?”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“We encounter few Citizens or humans in this region. We were surprised to receive your hail. Did you have difficulty finding us?”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Here goes nothing.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“You tell him the ARM believes they’re truly leaving Known Space. We’ll allow them to retreat in peace—if they leave us in peace.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“methane clathrates.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Somehow, Nessus managed to function. He found it hard to care.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“So that’s where he and Bey went. Out to do something famously stupid.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Hence, I have asked General Products to allow me to install a remote-control bomb in Skydiver. Since it is inside the hull, the hull cannot protect you.”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds

“Happiness is the sworn enemy of vigilance”
― Larry Niven, Juggler of Worlds