Quotes from Deathbird Stories

Harlan Ellison ·  288 pages

Rating: (3.5K votes)


“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
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“Maia screamed and woke.

'Serenity?' Cala's voice, Cala's angular shape outlined against the window.

' 'Tis an ironic title, in sooth,' Maia said feebly, realizing that the entangling garments of the nightmare were merely his bedsheets. His heart was hammering, and he was clammy with sweat.”
― Katherine Addison, quote from The Goblin Emperor


“it’s easier and more profitable to keep selling outrage than build any bridges.”
― Tom Shales, quote from Live From New York: An Uncensored History Of Saturday Night Live


“Liar!” Violet sticks her head between my legs and pokes at it. “That’s totally a hickey! Did Balls lick your beaver? Did you let Balls ball you?” “Oh”
― Helena Hunting, quote from PUCKED Over


“„Pamćenje je neobičan umjetnik, mijenja boje
života, briše ono što je nezanimljivo i čuva samo ono najljepše i
najuzbudljivije.”
― Marc Levy, quote from All Those Things We Never Said


“As Antiquus's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, quote from A Hero For WondLa


Interesting books

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
(44.4K)
Tiny Beautiful Thing...
by Cheryl Strayed
Embracing the Flames
(232)
Embracing the Flames
by Candace Knoebel
Holy Bible: New International Version
(52.3K)
Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge 1995-2000
(1.3K)
Celebrating Silence:...
by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Kill Your Friends
(5.6K)
Kill Your Friends
by John Niven
Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog
(4.9K)
Racing in the Rain:...
by Garth Stein

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.