We do need something to lift us out of ourselves. It's wrong to carry our pettinesses along to the stars." "We will, though," he said. "We can't help… - Poul Anderson

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We do need something to lift us out of ourselves. It's wrong to carry our pettinesses along to the stars."
"We will, though," he said. "We can't help it. How do you escape being what you are?

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About Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was a prominent American science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Age of the genre. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy.

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Birth Name: Poul William Anderson
Alternative Names: Winston P. Sanders • A. A. Craig • Michael Karageorge • Petronius Arbiter Kingsley • P. A. Kingsley
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Light fills the air, wind is aglow, drink of it, breathe of it, make leafing. Rainfall sows itself, it grows down through soil to the secret places where stones abide; it brings the strength of them up rootward. Lie still, molder away, then be again grass.
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