Algis Budrys Quote

Can I drive you down to your house?
The man flicked an expressive glance along the car's length and shook his head. Thanks. I'll walk. There's still a law of averages.
And you can take that phrase and carve it on Humanity's headstone, Fay thought bitterly, but did not reply.

The End of Summer, p. 14 (originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954) - The Unexpected Dimension (1960)

Can I drive you down to your house? The man flicked an expressive glance along the car's length and shook his head. Thanks. I'll walk. There's still...

Can I drive you down to your house? The man flicked an expressive glance along the car's length and shook his head. Thanks. I'll walk. There's still...

Can I drive you down to your house? The man flicked an expressive glance along the car's length and shook his head. Thanks. I'll walk. There's still...

Can I drive you down to your house? The man flicked an expressive glance along the car's length and shook his head. Thanks. I'll walk. There's still...