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Quotes from The Phoenix and the Mirror — Avram Davidson

1923–1993 United States

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11 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)

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)

Where there is no bread, there is no philosophy.

The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)

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)

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)

The ceremony was long and intricate, probably none of them could have explained why half of it was done, and the explanations for the other half would probably have been thoroughly incorrect.

The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)

Hmm...hmm. A stag hunt. To what elaborate lengths the equestrian classes go in order to draw out the simple business of butchering venison.

The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)

And then in that, admittedly magnificent, abrupt moment you saw what I concede without argument was the face of rather an attractive wench, and—Zeus! you weren’t thinking, man—you were simply reacting. It wasn’t your heart, it was your codpiece that the impulse came from!

The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969)

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