George Alec Effinger quotes

After all, our laws only reflect the definitions of the majority. When those ideas change, the laws change. (George Alec Effinger)
The idea of sin and retribution is just an attempt to hide behind the shield of superstition. You are trying to find rational causes where there aren't any. View quote
George Alec Effinger
Isolation is nice,” thought Brant as she drifted closer to sleep. "It's a shame you can't share it with anybody. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking. View quote
George Alec Effinger
The universe doesn't have secrets,” I said cynically, "only lies and swindles. View quote
George Alec Effinger
Now we have the prospect of a religious war on our hands, with the attendant proliferation of "heresies” and two separate but equal inquisitions. View quote
George Alec Effinger
Marriage was something I thought happened only to other people, like fatal traffic accidents. View quote
George Alec Effinger
The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I believe in a political revolution, without the aid of the military. I would rather win a man's mind than compel his obedience. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I told you it was dirty. When you wander into the highest level of international affairs, it's almost always dirty. View quote
George Alec Effinger
She gave me a wide-eyed, innocent smile that looked as out of place on her as it would have on a desert scorpion. (George Alec Effinger)
I see unhealthy signs of a new regime of religiosity and conservatism. View quote
George Alec Effinger
The night is this city's single resource. Well, that and disease. View quote
George Alec Effinger
You underestimate the ability of people to act like idiots. View quote
George Alec Effinger
With a stiff forefinger I silenced the koto music. Peace flooded in; the world thanked me. View quote
George Alec Effinger
His thoughts grew confused, and he mistook that quality for complexity. View quote
George Alec Effinger
"You shouldn't be so critical,” said Mike the bartender. "Some people like this kind of thing, you know.” "The kind of person who gets excited over that, I don't care about,” said Ernest. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I was no more eccentric than your average raving loon. View quote
George Alec Effinger
You bought the girls drinks and you stared at their perfect bodies and you pretended that they liked you. And they pretended that they liked you, too. When you stopped spending money, they got up and pretended that they liked someone else. View quote
George Alec Effinger
Let me make it clear: You don't want his disapproval. He never forgets these things. If he needs to, he hires other people to carry his grudges for him. View quote
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Brant felt a spasm of pain. "Uh,” she said. She closed her eyes tight until the pain went away. "Can I do anything?” said Staefler. "Yes,” she said. "Have my baby for me.”. (George Alec Effinger)
Government by emotion is identified with rule by tyranny. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I looked good, faster than light with a little money in my pocket. You know what I mean. I was the same as always: the clothes looked first-rate. That was fine, because most people only look at the clothes, anyway. View quote
George Alec Effinger
That was the evil of Dr. Bertram Waters: the perpetuation of hopeless dreams, compounded by the betrayal of those dreams to make his own a reality. View quote
George Alec Effinger
Are you happy, Norman?” asked Brant. "Well, sure, I guess.” "That's what I thought,” she said bitterly. "Neither am I. View quote
George Alec Effinger