Esther Friesner Quotes
born 1951 United States
Esther Friesner (born July 16, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is also a poet and playwright.
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Whoever you are, you’re too weird even for New York, and that’s saying something.
Dignity and self-assurance are everything to a woman, especially a naked one.
There is a vast difference between innocence and stupidity.
Fools are always at the bottom of the food chain.
If we could all pick our fathers there might be ten men on earth who would have families.
Power can command wealth but wealth can’t always command power.
For magic wears a thousand masks, but love is magic of its own and wears a myriad more.
Some people just don't stop to think; they're too busy swallowing nightmares whole.
Money is easier to manipulate than men, but then it manipulates them for you.
Innocence is only a matter of not being able to believe in a possibility you can’t imagine.
Children, the gods call us when they choose, but not even the priests are eager to answer.
Don’t try weaseling through too many loopholes or one of them could turn into a noose.
“A mistake, however small,” said the dead wizard, “can be more deadly than a sword.”
In for a lamb, in for a ram, as the sheep-stealers say just before we hang them.
Forgive me for a lie, but the dead fight with the weapons they have.
At least when you’re dead, you can stop worrying about your health.
I think the pampered highborn like the fantasy of equality.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Esther Friesner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.