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Quotes from Agent of Byzantium — Harry Turtledove

born 1949 United States

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Whether the bear beats the lion or the lion the bear, the rabbit always loses.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

Some people blame the devil to keep from owning up to their shortcomings.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

Research seemed a more profitable way to spend his time than mourning.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

I am not especially wise, but I am especially stubborn.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

There was, he remembered, far more to love than what went on in bed, but that had its place too.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

As riots have a way of doing, this one was rapidly outgrowing the incident that had spawned it.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

Beauty was too rare in the world to be wasted.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

His eyes were black and shiny; he had somehow the air of a man who saw things no one else did. Whether those things were actually there, Argyros was not sure.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

He’s had less use for me outside the bedchamber since I stopped telling him things he wanted to hear.

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

[Dr.] Riario’s laugh was harsh. “I hate smallpox, and even more I hate being helpless against it. If it’s God’s curse as they say, why, I curse God back for it.”

Agent of Byzantium (1987)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harry Turtledove (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.