"I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer."

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Source : "The Twinkling of an Eye: My Life as an Englishman". Book by Brian Aldiss, 1998.

Brian Aldiss

#Destiny Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Fit Quotes

“Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.”
“Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith.”
“As I look around the West End these days, it seems to me that outside every thin girl is a fat man, trying to get in.”
“I have faced Death. I have been caught in the wild weed tangles of Her hair, seen the gleam of her jade eyes. I will go when it is time - no choice! - but now I want life.”
“Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.”
“Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.”
“So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law-made by those in power, to serve those in power-so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power.”
“Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion”

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