A Fire in the Sun Quotes

“there’s so goddamn much history, it just can’t help repeating itself.”
― George Alec Effinger, A Fire in the Sun

“my philosophy of raising kids is kind of extreme. I think you should keep a baby around for a few days after it’s born—until the novelty wears off—and then you put it in a big cardboard box with all the best books of Eastern and Western civilization. Then you bury the box and dig it up again when the kid’s eighteen.”
― George Alec Effinger, A Fire in the Sun

“They introduce some new technology and no matter how much good it does for most people, there’s always a crazy son of a bitch who’ll find something twisted to do with it.”
― George Alec Effinger, A Fire in the Sun

“Today I’m well fed, well dressed, and well liked by the right people, and all it’s cost me is what you’d expect: my self-respect and the approval of most of my friends.”
― George Alec Effinger, A Fire in the Sun

“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”
― George Alec Effinger, A Fire in the Sun