Quotes by H. Beam Piper

"I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself."
— H. Beam Piper
"Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and that calls for drinks all around."
— H. Beam Piper
"English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation."
— H. Beam Piper
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Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – c. November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future Hi...