That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair … - Algis Budrys

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That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time.

Algis Budrys

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About Algis Budrys

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

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Also Known As: Algis

Alternative Names: Algirdas Jonas Budrys • David C. Hodgkins • Paul Janvier • Ivan Janvier • Gordon Jaulyn • Gordon Javlyn • Robert Marner • Jeffries Oldmann • Alger Rome • William Scarff • John A. Sentry • Albert Stroud

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The universe has resources of death which we have barely begun to pick at.

I don’t know...but then, if God had intended Man to think, He would have given him brains, I suppose.

I had had a good life. A somewhat shorter one than I had anticipated, but I had had the money, I had had the girls, and nobody told me what to do. Is there, really, anything else? Are you sure?

That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time. - Algis Budrys

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