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Poul Anderson Quote: “There is no other road than the one we take, hard though it be. And no man outlives his weird. Best to meet it bravely, face to face.”

51. “There is no other road than the one we take, hard though it be. And no man outlives his weird. Best to meet it bravely, face to face.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “I think you look on death as your friend,’ she murmured. ‘It is a strange friend for a young man to have.’ ‘The only faithful friend in all the world,’ he said bitterly. ‘Death is the only one sure to be at your side.”

52. “I think you look on death as your friend,’ she murmured. ‘It is a strange friend for a young man to have.’ ‘The only faithful friend in all the world,’ he said bitterly. ‘Death is the only one sure to be at your side.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “CHAPTER I Archbishop William, a most learned and holy prelate, having commanded me to put into English writing those great events to which I was a humble witness, I take up my quill in the name of the Lord and my patron saint: trusting that they will aid my feeble powers of narrative for the sake of future generations who may with profit study the account of Sir Roger de Tourneville’s campaign and learn thereby fervently to reverence the great God by whom all things are brought to pass.”

53. “CHAPTER I Archbishop William, a most learned and holy prelate, having commanded me to put into English writing those great events to which I was a humble witness, I take up my quill in the name of the Lord and my patron saint: trusting that they will aid my feeble powers of narrative for the sake of future generations who may with profit study the account of Sir Roger de Tourneville’s campaign and learn thereby fervently to reverence the great God by whom all things are brought to pass.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “And if you were not trained, the lesser members of the galaxy that had become visible were so many as to drown the familiar constellations. The night was wild with suns.”

54. “And if you were not trained, the lesser members of the galaxy that had become visible were so many as to drown the familiar constellations. The night was wild with suns.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “The trouble of the Wersgorix was that they had gone too far. They had made combat on the ground obsolete, and were ill trained, ill equipped, when it happened. True, they possessed fire-beams, as well as force shields to stop those same fire-beams. But they had never thought to lay down caltrops.”

55. “The trouble of the Wersgorix was that they had gone too far. They had made combat on the ground obsolete, and were ill trained, ill equipped, when it happened. True, they possessed fire-beams, as well as force shields to stop those same fire-beams. But they had never thought to lay down caltrops.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “Many things end tonight,’ quoth Valgard, ’and your life is one.”

56. “Many things end tonight,’ quoth Valgard, ’and your life is one.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “Eventually, no doubt, increased intelligence would affect the total personality, but right now you’re not removing anyone’s weaknesses, ignorances, prejudices, blind spots, or ambitions; you’re just giving him more power, of energy and intelligence, to indulge them – which is one reason why civilization is cracking up.”

57. “Eventually, no doubt, increased intelligence would affect the total personality, but right now you’re not removing anyone’s weaknesses, ignorances, prejudices, blind spots, or ambitions; you’re just giving him more power, of energy and intelligence, to indulge them – which is one reason why civilization is cracking up.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “But a universal state is not a new beginning for a civilization, it’s the start of the death, and it has to follow the same course over and over through history, like a kind of slow but terminal sickness.”

58. “But a universal state is not a new beginning for a civilization, it’s the start of the death, and it has to follow the same course over and over through history, like a kind of slow but terminal sickness.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “As he grew up, he had much attention from the supernally lovely elf women. Without gods, and with few children, the elves know not marriage, but their nature was such that their women had more wish of love and their men less than among humans. Thus Skafloc found himself in great favor, and many a good time did he have in the light nights of summer.”

59. “As he grew up, he had much attention from the supernally lovely elf women. Without gods, and with few children, the elves know not marriage, but their nature was such that their women had more wish of love and their men less than among humans. Thus Skafloc found himself in great favor, and many a good time did he have in the light nights of summer.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “But we must have something beyond survival to live for, or we shall not survive.”

60. “But we must have something beyond survival to live for, or we shall not survive.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “The interesting thing is that Poul’s novel seems just as fresh and brisk and lively today as it did to those of us, grizzled gray-beards now, who pounced on it when it made its first appearance in Analog.”

61. “The interesting thing is that Poul’s novel seems just as fresh and brisk and lively today as it did to those of us, grizzled gray-beards now, who pounced on it when it made its first appearance in Analog.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “Three things have I never known,’ he boasted once. ‘Fear, and defeat, and love-sickness.’ Imric looked at him strangely. ‘Young are you,’ he murmured, ’not to have known the three ultimates of human life.”

62. “Three things have I never known,’ he boasted once. ‘Fear, and defeat, and love-sickness.’ Imric looked at him strangely. ‘Young are you,’ he murmured, ’not to have known the three ultimates of human life.”

— Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson Quote: “As he spurred his horse, he had a sudden instant when he saw a hawk rising up toward the moon. The chill struck deep into his bones, and he knew he had seen his own fetch.”

63. “As he spurred his horse, he had a sudden instant when he saw a hawk rising up toward the moon. The chill struck deep into his bones, and he knew he had seen his own fetch.”

— Poul Anderson

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