Quotes from Deathbird Stories

Harlan Ellison ·  288 pages

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“Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story’s end.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.” –French proverb”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” –ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, 1973”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“If one is unable to buy Courvoisier, one should forcibly restrain oneself from serving strawberries Romanoff for dessert.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories



“We had reached the moment of final nightness.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“There is only one real evil in the world: mediocrity.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


“for a people with a heritage of enslavement, evil is a concept of those who forged the shackles, not those who wore them.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories


About the author

Harlan Ellison
Born place: in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States
Born date May 27, 1934
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