# Quote — Samuel R. Delany, Nova

> The captain is different too, Cyana. Before, the Roc flew under half a man, a man who’d only known victory. Now I’m a whole man. I know defeat as well.

- Author: [Samuel R. Delany](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany.md)
- Book: [Nova](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/nova.md)
- Page: 142
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/nova/the-captain-is-different

## More from this book

> Bear in mind that the novel—no matter how intimate, psychological, or subjective—is always a historical projection of its own time.

p. 116 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/nova/bear-in-mind.md)

> “I was born,” the Mouse said. “I must die. I am suffering. Help me. There, I just wrote your book for you.”

p. 156 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/nova/i-was-born.md)

> There are three types of actions: purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous. Characters, to be immediate and apprehensible, must be presented by all three.

p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-r-delany/nova/there-are-three.md)