# Quote — James Blish, The Quincunx of Time

> I’ve already given you the whole explanation of how that came about. It happened because it was going to happen. All other explanations for anything are superfluous. All other explanations for anything.

- Author: [James Blish](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish.md)
- Book: [The Quincunx of Time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish/the-quincunx-of-time.md)
- Page: 89
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Blish#The_Quincunx_of_Time_(1973)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish/the-quincunx-of-time/ive-already-given

## More from this book

> The technicians thought I was crazy. Now, five months later, I’ve proved it.

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish/the-quincunx-of-time/the-technicians-thought.md)

> “Something tells me that this isn’t going to be as simple as it looks.”
>
> “What is?” Wald said, raising his eyebrows.
>
> “Nothing, of course. But hope springs eternal in the human spleen.”

p. 77 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish/the-quincunx-of-time/something-tells-me-that.md)

> He was getting to be a little old for combat or for princesses, but what was worse, he had become a lot more cynical without having become even slightly the wiser.

p. 18 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-blish/the-quincunx-of-time/he-was-getting.md)