Titan Quotes

“Cirocco liked space, reading, and sex, not necessarily in that order. She had never been able to satisfactorily combine all three, but two was not bad.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She knew for a fact, for instance, that what the Polo sisters did behind the closed doors of their adjoining rooms was still illegal in Alabama.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Bill’s tongue had started at Cirocco’s toes and was now exploring her left ear. She liked that. It had been a memorable journey.”
― John Varley, Titan

“It’s because I love you that I don’t want you to go.” “My God, Bill, I don’t want that kind of love. ‘I love you, so hold still while I tie you down.’ What hurts is that it’s you doing it. If you can’t have me as my own woman, able to make my own decisions and take care of myself, you can’t have me at all.”
― John Varley, Titan

“I never made any friends, even as a kid. Not the kind you can open your heart to.” “It’s not that hard.” “I hope not. Because I’m going to be a different person. I’m going to tell people about the real me. This is the first time I can do it, because it’s the first time I’ve really known myself. And I’m going to love. I’m going to care about people.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She could see wizarding was not going to be easy.”
― John Varley, Titan

“I’m offering good friends and evil enemies, eternal day and endless night, rousing song and strong wine, hardships, victories, despair, and glory.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Captain Jones, I submit to you that you were never really cut out to be Captain. Oh, you’re done it well, just like you do a good job of most things you tackle. But you’re not a Captain. You don’t enjoy ordering other people around. You like your independence, you like to go to strange places and do exciting things. In an earlier age you would have been an adventurer, a soldier of fortune.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Gaea was short and squat, built like a barrel. Her skin was weathered and brown. She had a nose like a potato. But there were laugh lines around the corners of her eyes and her sensuous mouth.”
― John Varley, Titan

“You’ve seen the razzle-dazzle; here’s the bitter reality.”
― John Varley, Titan

“I listen only to heroes. You spoke of great deeds when you sang your song. Speak of them now, to leave me forever. Sing to me of your adventures.”
― John Varley, Titan

“I am the Earth Mother, though I am not your Earth. All life springs from me. I am one of the pantheon that reaches to the stars. Call me a Titan.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders, and began to sing.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Showmanship, that’s what it was. What kind of a God would need it?”
― John Varley, Titan

“Mighty as Gaea was, she had seen better days.”
― John Varley, Titan

“The hard, dark walls threw her song back until the black hub rang with her defiant music.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Your hand has reached into our souls and tried to take our dignity, and we remain unbowed. I challenge you to come forth and answer me!”
― John Varley, Titan

“She took a step forward, then another. Gaby kept pace, and they walked into the darkness.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She wanted to sit down, she wanted to turn back. She was afraid, and did not dare give in it it.”
― John Varley, Titan

“My people say Gaea likes a good story, and she likes great heroes. Are you a hero?”
― John Varley, Titan

“She sits like a spider and pulls strings like a puppet master. She watches over all her creatures, and she owns the two of you as surely as she owns me. She has tampered with us for her own purposes.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Gaea is one. Gaea is alive. We live inside her.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She thought the old April might be struggling to get through the creature she had become.”
― John Varley, Titan

“We will be going on, won’t we?”

“I suppose so. Somehow it seems like the right thing to do.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Words, words, just stupid words. Listen to your body. Listen to your heart.”
― John Varley, Titan

“They could smell changes in each other’s mood.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Being messy and unable to do anything about it appalled her.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She smiled-a flickering, tentative thing that broadened when Cirocco smiled back.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Where’s the romance in life? Tell somebody your epitaph and what do you get? Jokes.”
― John Varley, Titan

“If you can’t have me as my own woman, able to make my own decisions and take care of myself, you can’t have me at all.”
― John Varley, Titan