Samuel R. Delany Quotes

United States, Author
April 1, 1942

Samuel Ray Delany Jr., Chip Delany to his friends, is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism and essays on sexuality and society.

The problem isn't to learn to love humanity, but to learn to love those members of it who happen to be at hand.

Samuel R. Delany
- Love
- Problem
- Humanity
Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.

Samuel R. Delany

Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.

Samuel R. Delany
- Come
- Ashes
- Apocalypse
Don't go chattering to the stars if you're going to do it with your eyes closed.

Samuel R. Delany
- Eyes
- Stars
- Closed
A sentence has meaning in the sense that a train has a track, not that a train has a passenger.

Samuel R. Delany
- Meaning
- Train
- Track
In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next.

Samuel R. Delany
- Opposites
- Version
- Myths
Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.

Samuel R. Delany
What you are will make you what you will become.

Samuel R. Delany
- Make
- Become
- You Are