1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes

Here are four quotes from science fiction books, stories, and movies:

• “There are few better ways to get to know how a species thinks than to learn their art.” — Becky Chambers, A Closed and Common Orbit, 2016 novel

• “Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel

• “We’re only different from the bacteria because we are able to ask what the hell this is all about. Not answer, just ask.”  — Carolyn Ives, “Umbernight,” 2018 short story

• The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. I'm not sure it'll ever be able to figure itself out. Everything else maybe, from the atom to the universe, everything except itself. — Daniel Mainwaring, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956 film

If you find these worthwhile, you can read 997 more in Guy P. Harrison's new book, Damn You, Entropy!: 1,001 of the Greatest Science Fiction Quotes. — MF