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Jack Vance Quotes

His brain ached with the want of knowing Picture Quote #1

My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance Picture Quote #1

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience Picture Quote #1

Tomorrow? Sh. She put her hand across his lips. Never say the word! Picture Quote #1

Control is necessary and even good - so long as I do the controlling Picture Quote #1

Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies Picture Quote #1

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A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess Picture Quote #1

Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty Picture Quote #1

He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia Picture Quote #1

This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I’m getting some credit for what I’ve done. Which is gratifying, but it’s kind of a little late Picture Quote #1

Shimrod said: Once I thought of you as a child in a woman’s body. Melanchte smiled a cool smile. and now? the child seems to have wandered away Picture Quote #1

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While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past Picture Quote #1

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life Picture Quote #1

The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did Picture Quote #1

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe Picture Quote #1

Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love Picture Quote #1

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists Picture Quote #1

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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies Picture Quote #1

I do read books. I suppose it’s more or less the same thing, but at least I’m alone and I’m an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do Picture Quote #1

This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit or multiplex, but always of a crystalline serenity Picture Quote #1

Well, I think everything I’ve ever read contributes to the background from which I write Picture Quote #1

We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity Picture Quote #1

I haven’t sold to the movies. In other words, I haven’t gotten any enormous checks yet Picture Quote #1

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A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain... the solution is not splicing the rope; it’s lessening the tension Picture Quote #1

In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford Picture Quote #1

And I understand they are, in a sense, artists? That is to say, they understand the creative process, the sublimation of fact to symbol and the use of symbol to suggest emotion? Picture Quote #1

Roger tried to find out all about her: he wanted, in one brief hour, to make up for a lifetime of non-acquaintance, a lifetime for all practical purposes wasted Picture Quote #1

Music is like a language: you cannot understand it unless you learn it, or more accurately, are born into it Picture Quote #1

If there were no such creatures as minstrel maidens, it would be necessary to invent them Picture Quote #1

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His brain ached with the want of knowing (Jack Vance Quotes) My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance (Jack Vance Quotes) Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience (Jack Vance Quotes) Tomorrow? Sh. She put her hand across his lips. Never say the word! (Jack Vance Quotes) Control is necessary and even good - so long as I do the controlling (Jack Vance Quotes) Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies (Jack Vance Quotes) A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian (Jack Vance Quotes) Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess (Jack Vance Quotes) Vance has a genius in evoking the beauty of strangeness, the strangeness of beauty (Jack Vance Quotes) He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia (Jack Vance Quotes) This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I’m getting some credit for what I’ve done. Which is gratifying, but it’s kind of a little late (Jack Vance Quotes) Shimrod said: Once I thought of you as a child in a woman’s body. Melanchte smiled a cool smile. and now? the child seems to have wandered away (Jack Vance Quotes) While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past (Jack Vance Quotes) What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life (Jack Vance Quotes) The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did (Jack Vance Quotes) Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe (Jack Vance Quotes) Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love (Jack Vance Quotes) Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists (Jack Vance Quotes) I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies (Jack Vance Quotes) I do read books. I suppose it’s more or less the same thing, but at least I’m alone and I’m an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do (Jack Vance Quotes) This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit or multiplex, but always of a crystalline serenity (Jack Vance Quotes) Well, I think everything I’ve ever read contributes to the background from which I write (Jack Vance Quotes) We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity (Jack Vance Quotes) I haven’t sold to the movies. In other words, I haven’t gotten any enormous checks yet (Jack Vance Quotes) A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain... the solution is not splicing the rope; it’s lessening the tension (Jack Vance Quotes) In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford (Jack Vance Quotes) And I understand they are, in a sense, artists? That is to say, they understand the creative process, the sublimation of fact to symbol and the use of symbol to suggest emotion? (Jack Vance Quotes) Roger tried to find out all about her: he wanted, in one brief hour, to make up for a lifetime of non-acquaintance, a lifetime for all practical purposes wasted (Jack Vance Quotes) Music is like a language: you cannot understand it unless you learn it, or more accurately, are born into it (Jack Vance Quotes) If there were no such creatures as minstrel maidens, it would be necessary to invent them (Jack Vance Quotes)

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