# Quote — David Brin, Startide Rising

> He wasn’t afraid of dying, only of having not done all he could, and not properly spitting in the eye of death when it came for him. That final gesture was important.

- Author: [David Brin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin.md)
- Book: [Startide Rising](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising.md)
- Page: 269
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#Startide_Rising_(1983)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising/he-wasnt-afraid

## More from this book

> “Where there is mind, there is always solution,” Keneenk taught. All problems contained the elements of their answer.

p. 183 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising/where-there-is-mind.md)

> What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

p. 199 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising/what-point-was.md)

> Words penetrated the tank from the outer room. They were tantalizing, like those ghosts of meaning in a great symphony—hinting that the composer had caught a glimpse of something notes could only vaguely convey and words could never even approach.

p. 261 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/startide-rising/words-penetrated-the.md)