# The Star Fox

- Author: [Poul Anderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox

## Quotes

> The last thing any sane person wants is a jihad.

p. 133

> There really wasn’t much in a man’s life that mattered. But those few things mattered terribly.

p. 200

> “My mother taught me a Spanish saying,” he remarked, “that it takes four men to make a salad: a spendthrift for the oil, a philosopher for the seasonings, a miser for the vinegar, and a madman for the tossing.”

p. 37

> Life isn’t a fairy tale; the knight who kills the dragon doesn’t necessarily get the princess. So what? Who’d want to live in a cosmos less rich and various than the real one?

p. 207

> He’d seen too often how little of the universe is designed for man to neglect any safety measure.

p. 93

> Heim ignored the mob scene on the 3V, rested his eyes on the cold serenity of the Milky Way and thought that this, at least, would endure.

p. 69

> Another irritating thing about Naqsans was their habit of solemnly repeating the obvious. In that respect they were almost as bad as humans.

p. 90