Beowulf's Children Quotes

“The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late. —Daniel Defoe”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“They told themselves that they came to capture and tame a new world.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“Everything on Avalon has to do with grendels.” Big Chaka smiled faintly. “Maybe one day that won’t be true. But for now”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“There was a mystic quality to the scene. The land was waiting. The land was alive. Beyond the mists lay adventure, and romance.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“That’s right,” she said. “Aaron Tragon is your son. It was your egg.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“This thing could care less about me.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“They spied a whore upon the shore And off went coats and collars In fifteen minutes by’ the clock She made ten million dollars”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“Shock prods and tranquilizers for the uncooperative.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“a wizard makes a risky servant.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“It was a horrible place, where all the education in the world wouldn’t save you from losing your job, and there was nowhere you could go without graffiti, and smutty drawings, and criminals, and people demanding handouts and accusing you of being a criminal if you didn’t give them something.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children

“On the wall opposite were blueprints for Australia.”
― Larry Niven, Beowulf's Children