Star Bridge Quotes

“The laws of classical physics are statistical; the unpredictable, individual atom enjoys free will....”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“Wendre had appealed to Horn as no woman ever had. She had a man’s mind and a woman’s heart. She was self-reliant, proud, courageous. She grasped the situation quickly, accepted the odds, and did what had to be done without complaining. This was no spoiled child of empire, no sheltered darling of an all-powerful father; this was a woman fit to stand and fight beside any barbarian from the restless marches, made for love and ready to battle for it.”
― Jack Williamson, Star Bridge

“Freedom.... How much is it worth? As much as anyone can pay and sometimes a little more. And even then no man can own it clear or bequeath it to his children.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“no matter how far apart people seem, there is a bridge that joins them all.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“There were other things Horn heard: No man can act alone; he is bound up in humanity. No man suffers alone; humanity suffers with him. Injustice to one is injustice to all; every man should resent it as if it happened to him; it did.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“he had seen the stars connected by a network of nerves, and it was like that again. Not just the stars, it was all mankind, linked together by consequence and compulsion. Intangible, untraceable, almost moral: the smallest event on the most distant edge of the Empire affected everyone in the Empire.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“A wise man,” Wu said softly, “never believes anything completely until he has tested it for himself.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge

“He squared his shoulders and stepped purposefully onto the first strip, his eyes watchful. Brilliant light drew his eyes to the left. Above a glowing, multicolored door, were wriggling letters. They spelled out: THE PLEASURE WORLDS. As Horn stepped to a faster strip, they were gone behind him.”
― James Gunn, Star Bridge