Larry Niven - Ringworld (1970)

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Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts.

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Seen through the glow of a building orgasm, a woman seems to blaze with angelic glory.

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The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

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The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum. The universe is hostile.

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To witness titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.

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Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with.

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One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

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In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

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