# Quote — Poul Anderson, Tau Zero

> “Are you that afraid to die?”
>
> “No. I simply like to live.”

- Author: [Poul Anderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson.md)
- Book: [Tau Zero](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/tau-zero.md)
- Page: 78
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson#Tau_Zero_(1970)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/tau-zero/are-you-that

## More from this book

> What’s to explain? I’ve scant use for those types whose chief interest is their grubby little personal neuroses. Not in a universe as rich as this.

p. 80 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/tau-zero/whats-to-explain.md)