"Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people."

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Source : Alfred Bester (1978). “Demolished Man”, Pocket

Alfred Bester

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“At some point in my life I thought it was good to specialize, but now I think it's good to build a bigger product than just music.”

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“I had always been so much taken with the way all English people I knew always were going to see their lawyer. Even if they have no income and do not earn anything they always have a lawyer.”
“I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history .”
“Look around less, imagine more.”
“The harmony that holds the stars on their courses and the flesh on our bones resonates through all creation. Every sound contains its echo. Before there was humankind, or even forest, there was sound. Sound spread from the source in great circles like those formed when a stone is dropped in a pool. We follow waves of sound from life to life. A dying manâ€™s ears will hear long after his eyes are blind. He hears the sound that leads him to his next life as the Source of All being plucks the harp of creation.”
“Brothers and sisters should never be in the same family.”
“If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.”
“But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.”

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