40 quotes
But the Red Man denied that time, though it must always be paid for, could always be paid for in money.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
I can tell you that only a fool destroys useful things merely because he doesn’t like them.
Masters of the Maze (1965)
Experience may be a bitter teacher, but She is a good one.
Masters of the Maze (1965)
In life, if not in literature, there is always anticlimax.
Sleep Well of Nights (1978)
Rumor, I fear, is scarcely as accurate as he is rapid.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
Sorcery works against Nature, magic works with it.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
“Drew a knife on us,” one muttered, with the sullen rage of the bully who feels wronged when resisted.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
He who has slain one, will he abstain from slaying many?
Masters of the Maze (1965)
The instructor-Na has observed in the Na 14 tendencies toward an archaic and dangerous quality to which the ancients gave the name personal ambition.
Masters of the Maze (1965)
Where there is no bread, there is no philosophy.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
Life continued, the wheel turned, the earth moved, and even death—that delightful biological necessity—was an aspect of life.
Masters of the Maze (1965)
“A conscientious and diligent scientist—”
“—must remain a continual student,” a deep voice finished the quotation.
Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)
It is not in the nature of any people that it should willingly endure being ruled by another people, whether it is ruled ill or ruled well.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
Things oughtn’t to be the way they are, altogether. But letting a madman burn down the barn is no way to improve them.
Rogue Dragon (1965)
Tell him you’ll pay any fine within reason. That dragon-cod can’t even read his own name unless it’s written in gold ink.
Rogue Dragon (1965)
When the records of our civilization are balanced, then—but perhaps not before—the real importance of dental science will be appreciated. Now it is merely valued at the moment of toothache.
Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)
A querulous whine that was almost a question was succeeded by a deep gobble that was almost an answer.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
These precautions, perhaps because they had been taken, proved unnecessary.
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)
Bloodgood Bixbee knew nothing about art, but he knew what he didn’t like.
Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)
No greed was comparable to the appeal of self-sacrifice.
Masters of the Maze (1965)