# Quote — John Varley, The Ophiuchi Hotline

> I found that it is much more pleasurable to read adventures than to live them.

- Author: [John Varley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley.md)
- Book: [The Ophiuchi Hotline](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline.md)
- Page: 210
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Varley#The_Ophiuchi_Hotline_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/i-found-that

## More from this book

> This was a killer. Quite possibly a soldier, though Lilo was not expert in mental diseases.

p. 23 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/this-was-a-killer.md)

> If only she could convince them, perhaps she could convince herself.

p. 89 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/if-only-she.md)

> You've got to watch yourself when you get as old as I am. You have to try new things, sometimes for no better reason than that they’re new. Otherwise you rust.

p. 170 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-varley/the-ophiuchi-hotline/youve-got-to-watch.md)