The Uplift War Quotes

“Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“But there is one more reason to protect other species. One seldom if ever mentioned. Perhaps we are the first to talk and think and build and aspire, but we may not be the last. Others may follow us in this adventure. Some day we may be judged by just how well we served, when alone we were Earth’s caretakers.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“Someone once said that one measure of sentience was how much energy a sophont spent on matters other than survival. Fiben”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“like when two or three human beings decided to marry and raise a family”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War

“If only I had a decent sense of humor Ah, well. Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.”
― David Brin, The Uplift War