Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) QUOTES

1 " The propensity of Earthlings to get into trouble, and to learn thereby, was the reason my owners agreed to this mad venture – although no one expected such a chain of unusual calamities as befell this ship. Your talents were underrated. "

― David Brin , Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

3 " Blatant idiocies had been tried by early men and women--foolishness that would never have been considered by species aware of the laws of nature. Desperate superstitions had bred during the savage centuries. Styles of government, intrigues, philosophies were tested with abandon. It was almost as if Orphan Earth had been a planetary laboratory, upon which a series of senseless and bizarre experiments were tried. Illogical and shameful as they seemed in retrospect, those experiences enriched modern Man. Few races had made so many mistakes in so short a time, or tried so many tentative solutions to hopeless problems. "

― David Brin , Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

5 " You don’t have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally. "

― David Brin , Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)

7 " Tormentas de estrellas
Sobre el fragor de las olas...
¿Nos mojaremos, amor? "

― David Brin , Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2)