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"I admit to what may be an obtrusive curiosity.” "The quality signifies an active mind,” said Reith.
Jack Vance
Vengeance is not the most noble activity, but submissiveness is worse.
Jack Vance
A person who calls facts absurdities will often be surprised.
Jack Vance
They consider garrulity a crime against nature.
Jack Vance
Do you deny the charges?” "I neither confirm nor deny them; they are ridiculous.
Jack Vance
Are musicians unlike other men? Beget and forget, that's how it goes.
Jack Vance
Ifness pursed his lips judiciously. "All folk, mercantilists as well as tavern-keepers and musicians, try to relate their work to abstract universals. We mercantilists are highly sensitive to theft, which stabs at our very essence. To steal is to acquire goods by a simple, informal, and inexpensive process. To buy identical goods is tedious, irksome, and costly. Is it any wonder that larceny is popular? Nonetheless it voids the mercantilist's reasons for being alive; we regard thieves with the same abhorrence that musicians might feel for a fanatic gang which beat bells and gongs whenever musicians played.” Frolitz stifled an ejaculation. Ifness tasted the mug of green cider which Loy had set before him. "To repeat: when a thief steals property he steals life. For a mercantilist I am tolerant of human weakness, and I would not react vigorously to the theft of a day. I would resent the theft of a week; I would kill the thief who stole a year of my life.”.
Jack Vance
Events rush together. History occurs.
Jack Vance
Never neglect the wonder of conscious existence, which too soon comes to an end!
Jack Vance
I made no such assertion,” Ifness said. "You drew a faulty inference, for which I cannot accept responsibility. In any event the situation is more complicated than you suppose, and you must be prepared for subtlety.” "Subtlety or deception?” demanded Etzwane. "The effect is much the same.” Ifness held up his hand. "I will explain the situation, if only to reduce the flow of your reproaches.
Jack Vance
I am not the man for this sort of business; I detest puzzlement.
Jack Vance
Drowsing in the warmth, Etzwane could find no occasion for haste; indeed, the prospect of docking the boat and stepping ashore aroused in him a curious mood of melancholy. The adventure would then be definitely finished; for all its misery and black despair, he had lived to his utmost capacity; he had augmented and enriched his life.
Jack Vance
Sacerdotal, religious or priest-dominated societies are like organisms with a cancer.
Jack Vance
Rute showed Maihac a sour smile. "You seem to lack confidence in my integrity.” "You are wealthy,” said Maihac. "Your money did of the come to you because of your bonhomie.”.
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