# Quote — Stephen Baxter, Ring

> Maybe it’s time we humans abandoned our species-specific chauvinism—our petty outrage that the Universe has unfolded in a way that doesn’t suit us.

- Author: [Stephen Baxter](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter.md)
- Book: [Ring](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/ring.md)
- Page: 825
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Baxter#Ring_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/ring/maybe-its-time

## More from this book

> The river of time flowed unmarked, towards the endless seas of timelike infinity.

p. 891 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/ring/the-river-of-time.md)

> “But that’s insane,” Morrow protested.
>
> Uvarov hissed, “No one ever said it wasn’t. We’re human beings. What do you expect?”

p. 680 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/ring/but-thats-insane.md)

> She tried, sometimes, to remember how it had been to be young. Or even, not quite so old.

p. 704 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-baxter/ring/she-tried-sometimes.md)