To the Dark Star, 1962-69 Quotes

“Somewhere Dostoevsky has written, “Without God, all things are possible.” I can amend that. “To the invisible man, all things are possible—and uninteresting.”
― Robert Silverberg, To the Dark Star

“It was an irony that Rudiger, the anarchist, the man who believed in individualism and the abolition of all political institutions, should be so good at leading a team of fishermen. Rudiger didn’t care for teamwork in the abstract.”
― Robert Silverberg, To the Dark Star

“I did not dare spurn him, anyway. It might have been construed as a crime of coldness once again. My fifth offense would have meant five years of Invisibility. I had learned humility.”
― Robert Silverberg, To the Dark Star

“I entered theaters—where the happy lotus-eaters sat slumped in their massage chairs, transfixed by the glowing tridim images—and capered down the aisles.”
― Robert Silverberg, To the Dark Star